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Sure, but that only runs on Windows, and since presumably the machine that runs it could just update without needing to boot off installation media, which means
by saghm 4y ago
Sure, but that only runs on Windows, and since presumably the machine that runs it could just update without needing to boot off installation media, which means that it only works for people who already have a Windows installation and want to install Windows on a second machine that doesn't have it preinstalled. This wouldn't include anyone considering switching from another operating system to Windows, who seem like the people they should be trying hardest to help. I guess you could run it off of a VM or maybe wine, but if anything that makes the set of steps I listed above even more convoluted. I don't think the idea that Microsoft's consistent, top-down strategy for supporting media installations in the post-CD age is to have people run use VMs or wine to create the media is more plausible than them just not having any consistent strategy at all.
- vel0city 4y agoIf you clicked the link you'd see there's also a download for the ISO directly on that page. Same as its been since at least 8. But their preferred way is using the Media Creation Tool.
- saghm 4y agoOkay, so it's exactly like I said in my first comment you responded to, just with an additional solution for a small subset of people. It still doesn't seem very well thought out to me. I did click the link, but given that I had already mentioned they provided the isos (just without the checksums), I didn't actively search for them there.