I hope this is true about Windows 10

from JoeUser Forums

 

MS has revealed (http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/03/16/how-windows-10-achieves-its-compact-footprint/) that:

  • W10 will take up to 6.6 GB less space
  • Reinstall faster
  • Will be easier to rid of crapware
  • To achieve this will use “Wimboot” to decrease system file and app sizes

To check if it can be used, the OS will check the RAM and other parameters of your machine before installation. To accomplish this, the files needed for recovery from failure will be stored on a disk you create, which will enable recovery from “severe corruption”.

“Also, when you "refresh and reset" Windows 10, it'll tap existing runtime system files, bringing your system to the same point you started at without the need to download. Microsoft said that "we are also redesigning Windows' refresh and reset functionalities to no longer use a separate recovery image (often preinstalled by manufacturers today) in order to bring Windows devices back to a pristine state." By "pristine state" Microsoft might mean "bloatware-free" -- in other words, users can quickly "refresh and reset" unwanted apps out of a new machine as soon as they buy it. Again, that's normally a time-consuming mess that sucks a lot of the fun out of owning a new computer. And thanks to the Lenovo Superfish fiasco, that's the first thing a lot of folks now do after buying a new PC.” – Engadget

Now? Just get rid of the “hard coding” so we can customize the hell out of it!

Source:

http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/17/windows-10-less-space-easier-reinstall/?utm_source=Feed_Classic_Full&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget&?ncid=rss_full

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top


Now? Just get rid of the “hard coding” so we can customize the hell out of it!
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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I don't think MS will ever be customization-focused. They know people like to change the UI to their favorite color or whatever, and apply different wallpaper. Beyond that, I highly doubt they really care.

I also don't think they purposefully "hard code" anything in some kind of grand scheme to thwart customization. It's more likely to be an issue of laziness or efficiency on the part of their UI designers. Grouping multiple objects together so that they can be easily changed as needed with a single setting tucked away in some deep recess of the registry is likely easier to deal with that doing things separately. Especially when the needs of we few customization junkies probably doesn't even factor into the equation at all.

Also, I think some of it isn't even on MS's end, but Stardock's. I mean, SKS STILL has a lot of mislabeled settings and such, does it not? O:)

Not to mention, a lot of things that apparently can't be changed or edited by WB CAN be changed with visual styles...  :-"

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Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Destrohelix, reply 3

So from 15 gb+ space to 6 gb? If thats true thats good.

 
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W10 will take up to 6.6 GB less space
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To achieve this will use “Wimboot” to decrease system file and app sizes

To check if it can be used, the OS will check the RAM and other parameters of your machine before installation. To accomplish this, the files needed for recovery from failure will be stored on a disk you create, which will enable recovery from “severe corruption”.
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Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Sounds good. :)

Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting Island, reply 5

Sounds good. :)
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...but gonna look like crap from a kindergarten....;p

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 6


Quoting Island Dog,
reply 5

Sounds good. :)



...but gonna look like crap from a kindergarten....;P

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Yep, I have it installed on my Acer laptop, and it indeed looks like crap. I got Windowblinds 8.06 to install on it though and improved it a bit, but there are areas still that WB won't skin in Win 10, taskbar buttons being one, and they are super ugly!  :S

 

Start 10 really helps too. 

Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top

Neill's a very smart dude.  Be interesting to see what he can do once W10 is final.  Patience.