I used Windows 3.1 back in the early 1990s. Even on a machine with 1/20th the clock speed, it could load applications like word processors and browsers in a fraction of the time needed by "modern" versions running on modern hardware.
So why aren’t you still using 3.1? I think I still have copies around here somewhere.
I used Tandy DOS with Deskmate GUI on both the Coco and T1000 machines and liked it quite a bit. Also had Timex Sinclair machines with...Tom Mix software IIRC that worked fine.
Back then Bill Gates said no one needs more than 64k memory.
Eventually it’s time to move on.
It turned off faster too.