Dam windows 98 only needed like 300 mb or somthing. Then the hog XP came around now lookout HardDrive here comes Vista. How bloated can an OS get.
Damn It Jim, I'ma Doctor, Not a Magician!!!
2006-06-10 20:12:01 · 4 answers · asked by scott m 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
well, microsoft has always done that
windows 95 less then 100 mb
windows 98 l;ess then 300 mb
windows xp less then 1gb
windows vista more then a lot
cuz many features and many bugs are included in it ;)
these days you are also getting larger hdd's like 750 gb seagate
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2006-06-10 20:18:18 · answer #1 · answered by islaminamdar@yahoo.com 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An OS can get as bloated as it wants, as long as people buy it.
When windows 98 came out, it did a little bit of stuff, and it took a little bit of space. When XP came out, it did more, and took up more space. It's really not a surprise that Vista will be big... but because the hard drive cost for space has gone down since, you shouldn't really end up paying any more for the vista space than you did for the XP space.
Also, some of the bloat is decent. They're doing some fairly interesting things with memory usage to get more performance out of the system... but yes, this takes memory on drive. You can even add in USB or other small media to help it along.
Also, as long as there are no followup questions, I'm *totally* a magician.
2006-06-10 20:22:34 · answer #2 · answered by Ryan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"That 15GB requirement is a reflection of how the new staged setup program for Windows Vista works. Vista’s predecessors, including Windows XP, perform a file-by-file setup. The staged installation copies a disk image containing a full, ready-to-run installation of Windows Vista, installs drivers for your hardware, migrates your data, and finally cleans up after itself."
Original post by Ed Bott
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=64
2006-06-10 20:37:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well,it'll need some memory for pagefiles,some for chkdsk files,some for restore points,some for having its own antivirus or a really good firewall.If its worth it,it'll get whatever it wants.
I don't see why you're so pis$ed.I'm still using XP, and no plans to shift.
2006-06-10 20:19:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋