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On 6/27/25 1:28 AM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> I thought, when I saw that - 16G? Confirms what I always thought about 
> Windows being bloatware. Then I thought - I don't think this machine (I 
> had to move to W10) has that, and I've just checked: 8G, "A10-9600P 
> RADEON R5" whatever that is, 251 of 447 GB used (admittedly, SSD) - and 
> I certainly use it "productively". I don't game, and haven't so far 
> tried video editing, but for what I want, it's fine. (But then so was my 
> W7-32 in 4G on an i3 with 500 spinning.)>

Take a look at Tiny 11.  Debloated out the gate:

Tiny 11 web site;

https://www.auslogics.com/en/articles/what-is-tiny11-install-tiny-windows-11-to-lightweight-your-os/
https://archive.org/details/tiny11-2311
https://archive.org/download/tiny11-2311


>
>> With Windows 11+, you are the product.

> (-: You are with "free" TV, certainly.

No fooling.   I hate commercials!