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Why is Microsofts OS so slow??

I don't mean for this to be a rhetorical question, but why is it that you go to your local computer store, excitedly purchase the latest and greatest laptop, only to have it slow to a crawl a few years later? I have found this true of all windows operating systems. I don't know if it is like that on the MAC. It just seems to me like someone (Like Microsoft) could build caching or application management into their OS so that peoples machines are not so slow. I sped mine up a little bit by choosing the simplest screen saver. I also undid some terminate and stay resident applications like Skype. However still my laptop is only 4 years old with 4 gig and it is pure torture to actually try and write an application in my compiler and not have my PC take an excessive amount of time. I really just think Microsoft could raise the bar on making a more proactive OS.

I now have a I-5 Machine at work with 8gig of ram and 500 gig of hard drive space. It also can be slow at times. I now, no longer look forward to buying the latest and fastest processor based machine, because in the end everything just ends up running slow in MS Windows. I can just imagine how many man years are wasted each year because of slow computers. Sad, but true.
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I really just think Microsoft could raise the bar on making a more proactive OS
Why? Microsoft makes money when you buy a new laptop/PC. So why would they be interested in you keeping your laptop for more than 3 years?
because  - at some point, people will start to move to the free OS - like ubuntu - for several reasons; MS arrogance and pricing not being the least ...
People are moving to a free OS for 15 years now...
People also prefere to pay good money to  use the same OS they know and that their friends/people at work use.
the same people also don't know how little diffeence there is between both - and how much - at the same time
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Thanks everyone. I also wonder if there is some planned obsolescence by Microsoft. If there is a developer out there who can someday write an application to speed up windows, he would certainly I think end up making a lot of money. Maybe an application which could manage the existing RAM and cached applications better.
I just think it is nonsense. How long will this go on. Certainly 50 years from now when people have an infinite amount of RAM and GIG storage on their laptops, it will be fairly obvious that the OS is the real culprit. Not the resources like RAM and hard drive storage.
I think you have missed most of the information.
Microsoft builds a platform. It alone does not use much ram, or cpu

Its all the other applications that you install on top of it that causes slowness..

You install sql or apache on linux and it runs like a dog as well. Its not linux.. Its the application thats running on it..
It's kinda like saying "damn why is a tank so slow.."

But you put a tank engine alone in a car and whoosh!
The fact that you went and put 3 tonnes of metal and a track wheel system and then say its slow doesnt make it so..

You have an OS that is so multifunctional it makes it swiss army knife look like a stick. There is no way to speed up a car without changine internals..

You put in an ssd and faster
You get a better processor and faster
Graphics card = faster
More/faster ram = faster.

Simple