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  2. Hard disk drive performance characteristics - Wikipedia

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    The first HDD [11] had an average seek time of about 600 ms. [12] and by the middle 1970s, HDDs were available with seek times of about 25 ms. [13]Some early PC drives used a stepper motor to move the heads, and as a result had seek times as slow as 80–120 ms, but this was quickly improved by voice coil type actuation in the 1980s, reducing seek times to around 20 ms.

  3. Why is my computer so slow? - AOL

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    Memory leaks: Memory leaks occur when a program fails to release memory that it no longer needs, leading to a gradual depletion of available RAM. Over time, memory leaks can cause your computer to ...

  4. Wirth's law - Wikipedia

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    Wirth's law is an adage on computer performance which states that software is getting slower more rapidly than hardware is becoming faster. The adage is named after Niklaus Wirth , a computer scientist who discussed it in his 1995 article "A Plea for Lean Software".

  5. Windows 11, version 24H2 - Wikipedia

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    The Windows 11 2024 Update [1] (also known as version 24H2, codenamed Hudson Valley [2] [3] [4]) is the third and current major update to Windows 11. It carries the build number 10.0.26100. It carries the build number 10.0.26100.

  6. History of hard disk drives - Wikipedia

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    The disk drive created a new level in the computer data hierarchy, then termed Random Access Storage but today known as secondary storage, less expensive and slower than main memory (then typically drums and later core memory) but faster and more expensive than tape drives. [3]

  7. List of features removed in Windows 11 - Wikipedia

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    Windows 11 is the latest major release of the Windows NT operating system and the successor of Windows 10. Some features of the operating system were removed in comparison to Windows 10, and further changes in older features have occurred within subsequent feature updates to Windows 11. Following is a list of these.

  8. Windows 11 - Wikipedia

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    Thus, Windows 11 is the first consumer version of Windows not to support 32-bit processors (although Windows Server 2008 R2 is the first version of Windows Server to not support them). [152] [153] The minimum RAM and storage requirements were also increased; Windows 11 now requires at least 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage. [154]

  9. Surface Laptop 3 - Wikipedia

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    Memory options are 32 GB, 16 GB and 8 GB; Storage options are 1 TB, 512 GB, 256 GB and 128 GB; A 3.5 mm headphone jack, USB-C (3.2 Gen 2 with USB-PD 3.0) and USB-A (3.2 Gen 2) ports; All configurations can be upgraded to Windows 10 Pro for an additional $50. (Business models come pre-installed with Windows 10 Pro)