Of course, it always was. But it is now even more so.

Related: got another cheap second-hand laptop. Came with Windows 8.0... okay, let's upgrade since 8.1 is free. Took _hours_. Like about 5. So many places it seemed to be "stuck", but no, it was actually Doing Stuff. But in true Microsoft fashion, never told you any detail about what it was doing.

Wade.