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Microsoft Plans Version of Windows 10 For Devices With Limited Storage (engadget.com)

Posted by msmash on from the how-about-that dept.

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.

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  1. Microsoft jettisons telemetry code to reduce size by olsmeister · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Just kidding! Get rid of the useless stuff first, like registry editor and DVD drivers.

  2. Re:Microsoft jettisons telemetry code to reduce si by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I was already worried they might dump the telemetry code. I mean, I can live without DVD drivers, without the ability to fix Registry entries after their update shoots the system in the foot and being able to manage the system, but MS not knowing that I still diligently dig through the system to squelch Cortana, get rid of the Windows Shop (or whatever they call that iTunes Store and Steam spoof/mockup), remove their "cloud" connection (insert vaporware joke here) and get rid of all the other ridiculous bloatware they cram down my throat ... I mean, why do you think I spend my evenings after updates ripping that crap out if it doesn't piss off MS that I refuse to use more of their shit than I absolutely have to?

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  3. Re:feature updates by AlanBDee · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Recently I've found Microsoft much more helpful. For instance I recently had to replace a motherboard on a PC that I had upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7, an OEM licence I bought nearly a decade ago. When I contacted their support to transfer the license they didn't event bother to ask, they just gave me a new key. Technically as an OEM license it should not have transferred. Had they not done that I probably would have just started using Ubuntu with Kodi; it's a media center.