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Making Windows fast would require a from the ground rewrite. The only reason to use Windows is for legacy software titles which won't be ported to ARM. Even if the OS manages to be snappy, emulated X86 programs won't be so much.

Plus there are going to be drive letter names and problem with using "prn" as a file name, and other Windows nonsense that should have died a flaming death decades ago.




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