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Microsoft Plans Version of Windows 10 For Devices With Limited Storage (engadget.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: A smaller, more pared down version of Windows 10 was spotted in the latest Redstone 5 preview build. Microsoft is calling it Windows 10 Lean and it's 2GB smaller in size than standard editions of Windows 10 once installed. Missing from this version are the Registry Editor, Internet Explorer, wallpaper, Microsoft Management Console and drivers for CD and DVD drives, and Windows Central notes that the lighter Windows 10 might be designed to ensure tablets and laptops with little internal storage can install Windows 10 feature updates. Additionally, the Redstone 5 preview also features phone-related APIs that support functions like dialing, blocking withheld numbers, video calling, Bluetooth headset support and speakerphone mode, stoking those persistent Andromeda rumors.
Windows needs a certain amount of space for the data exfiltration and telemetry. Your files are irrelevant. Your applications are irrelevant. The computer is used to collect data for MSFT, your "needs" are secondary at best.
The extra space is used to enable telemetry updates, security enhancements for enabling data exfiltration, and other critical functions.
You guys are completely insane.
I can't believe you FOSS tards still think "bloat" is the problem (as you browse the internets using an i386 compatible kernel).
Bloat is a huge problem for Windows. Unlike Windows, you can customize Linux to work on different devices with varying amounts of resources. For example, you can run RedHat Enterprise 2.3 requires only 4GB of disk space. That's server software. Ubuntu with all the bells and whistles need 25GB but that can be cut down to 5GB. Windows 10 at a minimum currently requires 16GB. That doesn't include all the additional libraries like .NET that you might need to make things work.
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.