Windows Lite: This reference appears in the Windows 10 SDK referring to a lightweight version of the operating system

When you have gone to buy a computer you have seen the storage capacity among its specifications. X megabytes or terabytes that later, however, drop more or less just by taking it out of the box. The indications do not warn that the operating system occupies its space and therefore the figures indicated are not real.

Windows 10 and macOS, the two dominant operating systems in the desktop market (with permission from Linux), take up a fair amount of space. A size that is justified by the presence of a large number of applications or functions that we often do not useWouldn't it be possible to use a lighter version? Microsoft may be taking steps in that direction.

We have seen similar movements in the _smartphones_ market where there are _lite_ (light) applications that offer smaller size by removing some functions. Specifications highly valued by people who use phones with too tight power and storage capacity

In desktop computers, especially in laptops, this type of proposal can be interesting Devices with SSD disks in which for price, the number of gigabytes may be too short, it would not hurt to offer a version of Windows 10 that would save us some space.

This is how we came to this news that we read on WBI, where they announce that Microsoft may be working on a version of Windows 10 but with less weight . To do this, they are based on references found in the Windows 10 SDK.

This development appears in the SDK under the name of Windows Lite and would be a light version of the system. To do this, they would remove some functions and limit the possibility of upgrading to a full version of Windows, either Home or Pro.

Windows Lite would be intended to be used on devices that require a more versatile operating system and less cumbersome in which some functions would not be necessary and therefore could be removed. It would be a new twist on what we already saw with Windows 10 S Mode.

For now it is only a possibility, since there is no official confirmation in this regard. That it later becomes a reality depends solely on Microsoft and we will be aware of any news that may be announced.

Source | Petri