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updated the codeThe timing of NTDEV's video is amusing since Microsoft and its hardware chums are currently trying to persuade customers attendingGetting Windows 11 24H2 to run in such a small space is more of an intellectual exercise than anything else.
The operating system is also running in Safe Mode, meaning there is very little that can be done with the platform other than fire up Task Manager and marvel at just how low the requirements for Windows 11 could go. We tried out Tiny11 in 2023 and concluded that while it was a technical tour-de-force, the slimmed-down version of Windows 11 wasn't really suitable for use as a daily driver. A user obviously still needs a Windows 11 license, and the configuration was most definitely not supported by Microsoft.
NTDEV has had to wield the scalpel further to get the footprint even smaller. The prodder of Windows noted,"This was done through the power of tiny11 core, as well as some further extensive optimization.
As Microsoft parades its latest take on AI assistants around the Las Vegas conference halls housing CES, the work by NTDEV harks back to a simpler time when the bloat was opt in rather than opt out. Although running in 184MB is extreme,cannot help but wonder why Windows 11 24H2 has the requirements it does, given that the core of the operating system clearly doesn't need them.