Hi Uli,
About system resource, I don’t think it’s a myth that Windows 10 uses more system resource than Windows 7, it has a lot of background process and it uses more RAM, that’s basically more system resource. For example this simple benchmark shows that even in idle state, Windows 10 uses a lot more CPU than 7 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2PpvUj4REu8
And by saying Windows 10 UI, yes I mean the Start Menu, it has no Run, no Control Panel that’s why I said it’s not good for developer, as someone who develop Python apps I need to use Run a lot to open cmd, it’s possible to restore with 3rd party apps like ClassicShell but I don’t like the idea of installing 3rd party softwares to fix something like that, that method is hacky. There’s a lot of annoying problems like linking default apps, for example Windows 10 don’t allow non-MSStore Python to use shortlink in cmd, to fix that you need to disable default link, and that’s annoying for developers because we re-complile Python all the time to get what we need (replace OpenSSL with NSS/BoringSSL).
And about security, thoses aren’t my concern, I have used my Windows 7 for 10 years without getting infected by virus even once, and the mindset of old operating system is less security than newer ones isn’t really accurate, remember new systems add more stuffs and those new stuffs usually get exploted by hackers, Windows 10 is more bloated with a lot of unnecessary features that’s it’s more open to exploits in this case, and most security exploits are local so they’re not that dangerous.
The only way your system can get infected is your decision tbh, if you never click random .exe files mindlessly, you’re likely to 99% never get your OS infected, the only unlikely chance is software exploit, for example something like Microsoft Excel’s exploits that allow hackers to use Macro to run viruses.
Best regards,
Gun,