I quite like that perspective. Having to accept wait and lag on i7 processors, 2digit gigs of ram as fast as never before etc * ) is really frustrating.
Luckily, in my experience at least, Microsoft is finally starting to catch up on usability and efficient use of hardware. Windows 7 didn't raise the bar for hardware specs significantly and neither did Windows 8, 8.1 etc [1]
*) not talking data science, rendering, games or user/admin misconfiguration, i.e. DNS timeouts etc.
Luckily, in my experience at least, Microsoft is finally starting to catch up on usability and efficient use of hardware. Windows 7 didn't raise the bar for hardware specs significantly and neither did Windows 8, 8.1 etc [1]
*) not talking data science, rendering, games or user/admin misconfiguration, i.e. DNS timeouts etc.
[1] : windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/system-requirements