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mark-r on July 10, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: 24-core CPU and I can’t move my mouse

It's hard to believe the OS couldn't help when Windows 10 has the problem but Windows 7 doesn't.

TeMPOraL on July 11, 2017 [–]

In this particular case, yes. But this subthread was about a more general principle of letting an app exhaust system's performance. What I'm saying is that, when facing a crappily coded app, the OS can at best choose between letting it suck or letting the performance of everything suck.

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