I’ll never understand why file explorers are so resource intensive and so slow. they’re getting a list of files like the text of the file name, maybe pulling a thumbnail from cache, and that’s it. they don’t need to read the metadata of every file in the folder you’re looking at. macos finder is even worse. i am often pausing for multiple seconds
Comment on Preloading File Explorer in Windows 11 Doubles RAM Usage, Offers Minimal Speed Boost
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 1 day ago
What the headline doesn’t say: It tested nearly double as slow as Windows 10’s File Explorer with this RAM usage increase.
Windows is getting worse. No better.
nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 hours ago
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Microsoft: “What was that? You want CoPilot integrated so it can search through your files for data mining…I mean helping you find stuff?”
nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
imagine using a cloud-based AI to do the same thing as mlocated
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
What the headline doesn’t say either: just use Linux already as that just works
Yes, I’m that guy, sorry, not sorry