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I 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 seal
by accrual 2y ago
I 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.