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128GB minimum storage? You'd have to be installing like a lot of software then? Even my main development machines (2 Visual Studio versions, 2 Matlab versions,

by stinos 12y ago

128GB minimum storage? You'd have to be installing like a lot of software then? Even my main development machines (2 Visual Studio versions, 2 Matlab versions, 2 Labview versions, Office and utilities) only take 70-80GB. I think a more typical user like my mom who only uses a browser, office and some utilities would be just fine with 64GB for Windows and software. Also a bare Windows 10 install uses about 1 GB of ram after startup so there is some room to play with. Not that I'd ever buy something running full Windows and only has 2GB of ram, nor ever recommend it, just pointing out that depending on who is going to use it this machine might effectively do the trick.

Someone1234 12y ago
> 128GB minimum storage? You'd have to be installing like a lot of software then? Nope. Windows grows over time. So a Windows install that fit into 40 GB would grow to over 100 GB over a two or three years. Heck we had to pull an entire rack of servers because the idiots that set them up partitioned the drive into a 100 GB C: and a massive D:, and Windows consumed all the space on C: just through Windows Update and then started falling over. We had to rebuilds the machines with a 200 GB C: and they have been running fine ever since.
- Spearchucker 12y ago
  Err I'm running Windows 8 on a 32Gb HP Stream 7. Heaps of music, and 3 movies, and the recovery partition and still have 17GB free. What causes your install to grow so much?
  - Someone1234 12y ago
    Windows Update mostly.
    - bhauer 12y ago
      And you can clean that stuff up with the disk cleanup app. You don't need to retain those old install files forever.
      - Someone1234 12y ago
        That will clear out Service Packs and some uninstaller files, it won't clean up WinSXS.
        Joeri 12y ago
        Have you gone through these commands? AFAIK, windows will do it automatically on small disk systems. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn251565.aspx https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn251565.aspx
- cududa 12y ago
  Not with Windows 10, that was a specific focus of it, and they've introduced new compression for OS files.
- chadgeidel 12y ago
  That certainly has not been my experience. My windows install (minus user folder and my own dev/game/application folders) has not grown appreciably since I initially set up the box. Obviously user folders can grow quickly, but I wouldn't put the blame on Windows for that.

by stinos 12y ago

Someone1234 12y ago

> 128GB minimum storage? You'd have to be installing like a lot of software then? Nope. Windows grows over time. So a Windows install that fit into 40 GB would grow to over 100 GB over a two or three years. Heck we had to pull an entire rack of servers because the idiots that set them up partitioned the drive into a 100 GB C: and a massive D:, and Windows consumed all the space on C: just through Windows Update and then started falling over. We had to rebuilds the machines with a 200 GB C: and they have been running fine ever since.

Spearchucker 12y ago
Err I'm running Windows 8 on a 32Gb HP Stream 7. Heaps of music, and 3 movies, and the recovery partition and still have 17GB free. What causes your install to grow so much?
- Someone1234 12y ago
  Windows Update mostly.
  - bhauer 12y ago
    And you can clean that stuff up with the disk cleanup app. You don't need to retain those old install files forever.
    - Someone1234 12y ago
      That will clear out Service Packs and some uninstaller files, it won't clean up WinSXS.
      - Joeri 12y ago
        Have you gone through these commands? AFAIK, windows will do it automatically on small disk systems. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn251565.aspx https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn251565.aspx
cududa 12y ago
Not with Windows 10, that was a specific focus of it, and they've introduced new compression for OS files.
chadgeidel 12y ago
That certainly has not been my experience. My windows install (minus user folder and my own dev/game/application folders) has not grown appreciably since I initially set up the box. Obviously user folders can grow quickly, but I wouldn't put the blame on Windows for that.