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I wonder if this will reduce the installation footprint of Windows or will rather increase it!
by alok-g 2y ago
I wonder if this will reduce the installation footprint of Windows or will rather increase it!
- nullindividual 2y agoCPLs are quite small and a small number of files to support it.
- accrual 2y agoI wonder if Windows will eventually move to an "image" based approach like macOS has done. When one updates macOS or iOS, you basically download a multi-GB sealed image of the OS and install it in-place.
- IvanAchlaqullah 2y agoI'm pretty sure it's already done that, since Windows Update always lied on how many GB it download. It's very common (at least for me) to see "small" 700 MB update ended up having 4+ GB downloaded.
- RiverCrochet 2y agoIt does and has since Vista - the Windows install process has basically been a process that creates/formats the partitions, unpacks the files in a .WIM (Windows Image) file to the C:\WINDOWS directory, and configures the boot loader.
- dartharva 2y agoNothing the current Microsoft does will ever reduce the installation footprint of Windows.
- h4ck_th3_pl4n3t 2y agoThis will add another UI style, so of course it will increase the installation size. People need more scattered UI languages, not less! /s I wish Windows 7 was usable today, I'd switch back in a heartbeat. The peak of integrated and easy UI/UX on Windows was 7, and it went downwards after that.