It's truly the end of an era as we say farewell to a real one.

RIP Microsoft WordPad. You Will Be Missed::It’s truly the end of an era as we say farewell to a real one.

  • SuperSpruceEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’ll admit I exaggerated slightly (I just opened both today). I have a gaming laptop with a Ryzen 9 5900HX, and opened up both apps from battery power.

    WordPad took about 1.5s to open, which is longer than usual.

    Word took about 6s to open, which is normal even if I’m plugged in.

    LibreOffice would actually take more like 15s to open under these circumstances, which is why I said it’s slow. The clunky part is due to the UX.

    Even notepad took over a second to open as well.

    I guess I expect more when I have a near top of the line CPU and it pains me to think that it’s even slower for the vast majority of people.

    • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I guess I’m just not too concerned with start up times, having come from the age of HDD. 6 seconds to start, as long as it’s not lagging while I’m using it, is almost unnoticeable.

      • SuperSpruceEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Yeah that makes sense. I also have a high end SSD so that might also be inflating my expectations.