: You get the Calculator, Notepad, and the Microsoft Store, but say goodbye to Edge, OneDrive, and the usual "telemetry" bloat. Who is this for? Virtual Machine Enthusiasts
CPU overhead. Decompressing system files on-the-fly adds 5–10% CPU usage. On an old Celeron, booting takes 10 seconds longer than an uncompressed OS. But for most, the space savings are worth the trade. tiny 11 highly compressed
For 90% of users, is the smarter choice: supported until 2032, no bloatware, and no compression hacks needed. : You get the Calculator, Notepad, and the
Recovery environments are stripped to a minimal command prompt, removing the 300MB+ graphical recovery interface. : You get the Calculator