Back when starting your computer and launching programs took a good chunk of your first hour at work (this was about 10-15 years ago for me), having startup programs meant you could just
hit the button
get coffee
chat with colleagues
login
get coffee
review the incoming paperwork
get coffee
start the one program that didn’t autolaunch
get coffee
actually start doing something on your pc
those people in sitcoms chilling at coffee machines were probably waiting for their PC to start.
Launching corporate software took ages, having them started neatly by windows saved you from having to start the next program when the previous was finally launched after a few minutes.
The biggest bump in computer performance in history wasn’t getting more memory or a faster CPU, it was switching from a HDD to a SSD.
I have to wait 8 minutes after windows login for everything to start, due to the layers of security Software on my, fairly powerful, workplace pc.
And after that another minute for Outlook to be ready.
Back when starting your computer and launching programs took a good chunk of your first hour at work (this was about 10-15 years ago for me), having startup programs meant you could just
those people in sitcoms chilling at coffee machines were probably waiting for their PC to start. Launching corporate software took ages, having them started neatly by windows saved you from having to start the next program when the previous was finally launched after a few minutes.
The biggest bump in computer performance in history wasn’t getting more memory or a faster CPU, it was switching from a HDD to a SSD.
I have to wait 8 minutes after windows login for everything to start, due to the layers of security Software on my, fairly powerful, workplace pc. And after that another minute for Outlook to be ready.
Windows is so painfully slow after you get used to Linux