Or maybe (not so) current hardware is insanely fast, and windows really slow: Just to see if it could work I tried to install linux on a Chuwi Hi8 (windows/android atom based chiinesium tablet. Not enough space for windows now and really ancient android) Ubuntu was so slow, by the time I finally managed to begin copying files to the disk, the tablet ran out of battery. (And the thing eat more power than its charger can provide)
(as for the result of the experiment: it can work, but the amount of work needed was way beyond what I was ready to invest. And not exactly stable)
(as for the result of the experiment: it can work, but the amount of work needed was way beyond what I was ready to invest. And not exactly stable)