Back when I used to dual boot, 2007, I would try playing UT2004 on Windows then on Ubuntu, it was always faster on Ubuntu. I even tried the Windows version on Wine on Ubuntu and it was faster. That's perception but a gamer's perception. When Valve ported Steam to Linux they found in their _initial_ port that it was...faster. They then found out why and were able to speed up the Windows version but the Linux version is still faster. If Firefox is slower on Linux this is a fault of Mozilla (remember the tolerant techies who fired a new CEO due to their intolerant thinking).
It was a few years back that FF was so sluggish in linux. (fast in Debian now)
That was the time I tried Opera. The difference in bootup time was like night and day, and it was quicker rendering certain pages, but in the long run those pages were outnumbered by ones Opera was actually slower at.
> Now I'm sure you can tell me all the tricks to getting Windows to run faster,
No, I can't. But it surely seems pretty slow.
>but if I wanted to spend all day configuring my OS I would use Arch.
:3
> How many people work in your company if you don't mind me asking?
60 people, though I don't work there anymore.