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hmm... at this point I think i'm just refusing to use anything windows... I might set up a windows partition, but win10 is super lame and slow :-\

Whether it's slow or not, my new hardware is surely making a huge difference. Intel Core i5 8th generation + Samsung NVME = blazing fast. Takes like 15 seconds to boot up. Everything is running super fast, at least I got that to comfort me :)