As I wrote here, putting a HDD in the computer brings the time back. On my ThinkPad x220 from 2011, with an i5, 8GB Ram and an old SanDisk SSD, the computer starts in a few seconds, applications launch immediately under plasma6 (with most bling-bling-beep-animation deactivated), so there is no time for me, everybody wants answers and solutions NOW. Thanks for the slow internet connection where I live 
Maybe when the machines become faster than the speed of light it’s time to buy new hardware. I don’t think that will happen in my lifetime, but who knows 
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