The minimum specs listed on the internet are well under this, but I know Windows has had a habit in the past of expanding over time.
Trying to decide if I want to install Linux Lite for a Chromebook type experience on my Vaio P, or go for W8.1 cos it's pretty 🙂
You will be left with precious little storage space. OK if you can add storage via an SD card slot or similar or don't need any storage.
I've got a VM with 8.1 on a 100GB disk and it's only used 25.1Gb
Office 2013 and iTunes are installed.
Strangely, I've noticed W7 seems to be far lighter and remain smaller when running in a vm than on real hardware...
There are lots of netbook type devices that run Windows 8.1(with Bing) that ship with just 32GB of flash storage so you should be ok.
[i]Strangely, I've noticed W7 seems to be far lighter and remain smaller when running in a vm than on real hardware..[/i]
Hmm, the host box has used 51Gb. Not a great deal installed on there with VMWare.
This is the folder you have to watch out for expanding:
C:\Windows\winsxs
I have a 50ish Gb SSD in a little Samsung touch screen netbook thing, on Windows 8 - I can't update it to 8.1 due to insufficient disk space and I can't find anything to uninstall!
Clean install might be reet, but it won't leave much wiggle room for winsxs.
