While annoying, it’s not that big a deal. I mean, you chose to run Windows (or someone at your company did) which means “lean” or “efficient” were never really serious concerns from the get-go.
If you want a lean OS that’s super efficient in terms of disk space you go with some form of Linux or a BSD. Windows would never even be a consideration (which is another reason why Linux market share on servers is so, so much larger than Windows).
A pretty decent 1TB SSD costs $60. That means 9GB costs about $0.54. It’s even less if you use the old style, spinning rust disks.
While that’s true enough now, windows has in the past been viable as a “small” or “space efficient” choice. Windows 2000 and even XP could be installed and operate in less than 300megs of room, while being able to also run windows software. A linux distro (or bsd) configured to do the same was about the same size without the same level of compatibility. It really comes down to what you need to do.
While annoying, it’s not that big a deal. I mean, you chose to run Windows (or someone at your company did) which means “lean” or “efficient” were never really serious concerns from the get-go.
If you want a lean OS that’s super efficient in terms of disk space you go with some form of Linux or a BSD. Windows would never even be a consideration (which is another reason why Linux market share on servers is so, so much larger than Windows).
A pretty decent 1TB SSD costs $60. That means 9GB costs about $0.54. It’s even less if you use the old style, spinning rust disks.
While that’s true enough now, windows has in the past been viable as a “small” or “space efficient” choice. Windows 2000 and even XP could be installed and operate in less than 300megs of room, while being able to also run windows software. A linux distro (or bsd) configured to do the same was about the same size without the same level of compatibility. It really comes down to what you need to do.