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CPLs are quite small and a small number of files to support it.

Nothing the current Microsoft does will ever reduce the installation footprint of Windows.

I wonder if Windows will eventually move to an "image" based approach like macOS has done. When one updates macOS or iOS, you basically download a multi-GB sealed image of the OS and install it in-place.

I'm pretty sure it's already done that, since Windows Update always lied on how many GB it download.

It's very common (at least for me) to see "small" 700 MB update ended up having 4+ GB downloaded.

It does and has since Vista - the Windows install process has basically been a process that creates/formats the partitions, unpacks the files in a .WIM (Windows Image) file to the C:\WINDOWS directory, and configures the boot loader.

This will add another UI style, so of course it will increase the installation size. People need more scattered UI languages, not less!

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I wish Windows 7 was usable today, I'd switch back in a heartbeat. The peak of integrated and easy UI/UX on Windows was 7, and it went downwards after that.