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Re:64 GB Surface Pro will only have 23 GB free by Zirro on Tuesday January 29, 2013 @04:05PM (#5136270)
Windows RT is not a shrunken version of Windows as we used to know it. It's a new OS, created to run on ARM, the only similarity to previous Windows versions being it's name.

Shrinking Windows means finding a way of reducing or removing the "cruft" you mention.

EDIT: It appears my initial sources were incorrect. Feel free to downvote me, I should have checked a few more places before writing my post.

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Re:64 GB Surface Pro will only have 23 GB free by kyberias on Tuesday January 29, 2013 @04:14PM (#5136327)
Windows RT is a ARM build of the Windows operating system as we know it. It even has the familiar desktop but it is closed to run only Microsoft Office (on Surface RT tablet). Users may only install "Metro-style" apps. It is shrunken to include only those components of Windows that Office requires. But one can still start the familiar Command Prompt, Windows (File) Explorer etc. It's very much the familiar Windows we all know.
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