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I have released a 69.0MB version of Windows 7 x86

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186 points rvnx | 3 comments | 30 Oct 25 18:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.721s | source
1. souenzzo ◴[30 Oct 25 20:21 UTC] No.45764867[source]▶
Windows 98 takes ~200Mb after a clean install Windows 95 takes ~50Mb after a clean install
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2. cyberax ◴[30 Oct 25 21:07 UTC] No.45765379[source]▶
I remember paring down Win98 to 17Mb. And pretty much everything still worked!
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3. ryao ◴[31 Oct 25 02:13 UTC] No.45767632[source]▶
I remember hearing about people doing that around the time that windows 98 was still current. It was really impressive.

At the time, the idea of an operating system using a gigabyte of space was a fantasy to most people. Now, I wonder when Microsoft Windows will pass the terabyte threshold.