The ISO file is remarkably small at approximately 869 MB , and the installed size is only about 1.5 GB . In contrast, a standard Windows 10 installation can occupy over 30 GB.
| Metric | Official Win10 x86 | X-Lite Micro 10 SE | |--------|-------------------|--------------------| | Boot time (BIOS to desktop) | 82 sec | 18 sec | | RAM usage at idle | 980 MB | 210 MB | | Processes running (boot) | 82 | 23 | | Disk footprint | 14 GB | 2.5 GB | | Explorer launch time | 2.3 sec | 0.4 sec | | Notepad launch | 0.9 sec | 0.2 sec | | Shutdown time | 12 sec | 4 sec | Windows X-Lite -19045.3757- Micro 10 SE -x86- a...
To achieve its "Micro" status, several critical and non-critical Windows components are purged: The ISO file is remarkably small at approximately
Not pre-installed but can be added via a script if the Windows Update service is enabled. Windows X-Lite -19045.3757- Micro 10 SE -x86- a...