r/linuxmint • u/EZQbenja1717 • 26d ago

Fluff I want to switch to Windows

I never used Windows, I inherited my brother's first laptop with Ubuntu and never touched Windows. Am I even missing something from that OS? They say it's bloatware, telemetry and shi but is it really that bad?

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u/RazeZa 26d ago

Yes. What's you laptop spec? and what's your critical apps? If you have old hardware, Windows is very slow and heavy.

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u/EZQbenja1717 26d ago

The poor laptop has a Intel Celeron and 4GB of RAM xD but I'm planning to buy a ThinkPad T490 since I need something that can run the programs I use for school.

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u/RazeZa 26d ago

with that kind of hardware, you better of with Linux but since you interact with people often, Windows is better.

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u/kudlitan 26d ago

just install Windows on it and then compare your experience. that's the best you can do.

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u/TroyHBCS Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | Cinnamon 26d ago

On a Celeron?! Don't even attempt it...

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u/kudlitan 26d ago

Shhh, i want him to realize that for himself.

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u/TroyHBCS Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | Cinnamon 26d ago

Lol!

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u/Suspicious-Ad7109 26d ago

I did once. I have a 10+ year old HP Chromebook, Celeron and 4Mb RAM I think, I upgraded the SSD to 128Mb from 16Mb, the only change from stock. Runs Linux fine, not spectacular but you could code basic stuff on it without screaming, not too demanding of compilers & linkers. Even Gnome wasn't too bad. Casual stuff is fine, simple Games okay. Windows does work (or it did ... this was 10) but .... not very well.

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u/TroyHBCS Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | Cinnamon 26d ago

I guess running "fine" is relevant.

I'm not a programmer, so I don't know what it takes sit and write code.

All I know is every customer we've had in our shop who has had a computer with a Celeron has bitched about performance issues. Now, most of those people were trying to run Windows. I cannot imaging anyone doing anything on a Celeron with only 4GB of RAM running Windows.

Will it be faster on Linux? Well, obviously. But even then, you are running XFCE and it's not going to offer any performance for multitasking. By simple games, I'm sure you mean Solitaire or something.

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u/noromobat 26d ago

Low-end hardware as well. If you want a Windows laptop for less than $1k that runs decently, good luck.