What would you like to see in Window 9?

cipher said:

In the link I provided above. That footprint probably doesn't include the paging/swap file which could be double your memory size and take up a majority of the 20-30 GB you're talking about. The paging file is user customizable, so it's not really part of the required Windows footprint. In fact, if you're running an SSD with plenty of RAM, you shouldn't be having a large paging file any ways.

My apologies for not seeing the link you provided earlier. I have 8 Gbs of RAM installed with the swap file on both installations set at 2 Gbs. The sizes I quoted in my earlier post are from Computer Management. Thinking back to when I clean installed W8 I do remember that it was initially quite a bit larger on the disk, but after a while later it actually shrank in size. I figured it had to do with W8 having better file compression and disk cleanup capability than W7, but that may or may not be the case. I don't have anything against W7 per se, it runs just fine, but it has been my experience, at least on my PC, that W8 seems to run noticeably better.

I would like to see Outlook Express back with go to in box at launch. Also Be able to put pictures in e-mails (not thumbnails). Number 2- be able to do what I want to my PC with out telling me that I don't have permission. Number 3- be able to write an delete what I want on C:.

Not sure if I said this before or not, but I would really like to be able to do a Repair Install from a booted DVD/flash drive. Being able to do that fixed a lot of problems for me in XP over the years without having to do a full install.

Ztruker said:

Not sure if I said this before or not, but I would really like to be able to do a Repair Install from a booted DVD/flash drive. Being able to do that fixed a lot of problems for me in XP over the years without having to do a full install.

Amen to that, sure would make a lot of things easier!

Windowsnoob61 said:

I would like a OS version for lower end machines.

Have a look at this and see if it might apply, http://www.nineforums.com/windows-9-...t-devices.html

I'd like to be able to run Modern Apps and use the store with UAC completely disabled, which is how I run and how I will continue to run.

There is no technical reason for this restriction, just MS being arbitrary and trying to protect me from myself which I neither need or want.