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Why is Windows size so big?
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Why is Windows size so big?
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why is your mom so big?
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>>54475764
Because it's an OS that is actually usable for real-world non-neet purposes.
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botnet functionality
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>>54475771
So was Win9x and Win2k at a fraction of the storage space Vista and up requires.

They'd still be usable if third party applications still supported those old systems.
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>>54475783
they also have a fraction of the features, apis, libraries, and support
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>>54475764
Because each new Windows is including every single library from previous versions of Windows. They build it literally like a pile of shit: all new code is placed on top of an old and obsolete code, nothing is ever getting removed from the Windows - they just hide it.
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For you.
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>>54475764
Windows 7 only takes up 3.8GB total on my SSD, RAM around 350MB, and can cold boot around 10 seconds. Total clean install time is under 10 minutes. You do know you don't have to install all the bloat, right?
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