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Update the Electron comparison for the NativeBoat alpha.2 build #7

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## Compared with the Electron build

MarkText v0.20.0 native release against the official Electron build
(`marktext-win-x64-0.20.0`):
MarkText v0.20.0 native release, built with NativeBoat v0.1.0-alpha.2, against
the official Electron build (`marktext-win-x64-0.20.0`):

| Metric | Electron | Native | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Download (ZIP) | 176.0 MB | 91.4 MB | 48% smaller |
| Installed folder | 458.7 MB | 285.2 MB | 38% smaller |
| Download (ZIP) | 166.0 MB | 88.5 MB | 47% smaller |
| Installed folder | 458.7 MB | 274.9 MB | 40% smaller |
| Files on disk | 108 | 23 | 79% fewer |
| Time to window | 782 ms | 161 ms | 4.9× faster |
| Time to open a document | 1,399 ms | 1,000 ms | 29% faster |
| CPU time to start | 2.92 s | 0.84 s | 71% less |
| CPU when idle | 0.23% | 0.00% | 100% less |
| Time to window | 794 ms | 150 ms | 5.3× faster |
| Time to open a document | 1,427 ms | 1,018 ms | 29% faster |
| CPU time to start | 2.17 s | 0.89 s | 59% less |
| CPU when idle | 0.21% | 0.00% | 100% less |
| Processes | 5 | 1 | 80% fewer |
| Memory (working set) | 451.1 MB | 280.2 MB | 38% less |
| Memory (private bytes) | 285.9 MB | 208.2 MB | 27% less |
| Threads | 111 | 8 | 93% fewer |
| Handles | 2,194 | 227 | 90% fewer |
| Memory (working set) | 461.3 MB | 279.8 MB | 39% less |
| Memory (private bytes) | 296.0 MB | 207.9 MB | 30% less |
| Threads | 112 | 8 | 93% fewer |
| Handles | 2,205 | 227 | 90% fewer |

Measured on Windows 10 22H2 with an Intel Core i7-8750H and 8 GB of RAM,
opening a short Markdown file. Each figure is the median of three runs.
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