Windows 11- Optimize-Debloat-or Pick Blueberries

Stupsi said:

Is it necessary to debloat windows 11 or use some type of system optimizer?

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I don't find it necessary at all. Haven't really bothered at all with Windows 10 or 11 and been using them both with very few issues for many years.

Stupsi said:

And why do folks always say that you’ll get the best performance, gain disk space or improve privacy by altering windows 11?

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People love benchmarks. People love to have more than somebody else. I mean if 16GB of RAM is good, 32 is better, and 64 is better yet and might as well get 128GB if you can afford it....etc. People will say, hey Windows was running 100 processes, and I dropped it to 84, so that's 16% better. Or, "obviously this has an impact on cpu and memory, it's gotta....it's less". But without a stopwatch and a repeatable measurable process to evaluate it, you may not find it's any better or worse. For example, your PC may boot 2.2 seconds quicker, and later when you launch an app, it may take 1.4s longer because of a service you disabled. You saved yourself 0.8 seconds. Unless you do this 10,000 times a day, are you really going to benefit from the times savings.

Stupsi said:

So, I’d like your advice i.e., Does a clear-cut guideline exist following a clean install to achieve that optimal performance that is secure and reliable ?

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No there does not, because if one existed, it's what absolutely everybody would use. Or at least the vast majority of people who aren't included in the obsessed enthusiast category.


End of the day, do whatever floats your boat. For me, I don't care if I have a few extra things installed that I will never use. I don't care if there is an extra tile or two in my start menu (I'm rarely ever in the start menu). I have plenty of CPU, hard drive and memory to handle the loads I throw at my PC. But that's just me, I'm not saying you have to do the same thing. I work in the IT field and find that after working on tech all day at work, I'm not as interested in tinkering anymore at home. I just want my stuff to work. I find that it works well enough right out of the box.

This ^^^

My thoughts exactly!

For me with what I do on the Internet and with my trading, the speed of the Internet is paramount and much more important than any small differences in app/process load speed and memory usage. I spent a good bit on a premium router and pay extra for gigabit speed. For me that makes a huge difference.