Windows 11 is gaining strength. The operating system contains many more bits and bytes than its predecessor and continues to improve with each update.

Windows 11 is a hungry operating system. Its space requirement on your system increases with each version. Compared to Windows 10 22H1, the installation file is about 7.6 percent larger. That equates to an ISO value of 6.24GB for Microsoft’s latest operating system, versus 5.8GB for the latest version of Windows 10.

Windows 10 itself has also grown. You could install this operating system once from a file less than 4GB. Nevertheless, growth remains significant. A larger installation file will also result in more disk space being used on your computer.

More and often better

The cause lies in new and updated features. Consider updated Explorer or even expanding Notepad functionality. Such applications are all part of Windows and therefore take up installation space. Microsoft is trying to limit the weight of Windows 11 by moving less relevant applications to the Store. On the other hand, Microsoft also likes to expand its operating system with integrations that few people want, such as taskbar widgets installed by default and everything from Bing.

In itself, it’s not surprising that software gets bigger and bigger over the years. New functions emerge along with more powerful systems with more computing power and storage space. The more complicated the operating system, the less old and light systems can handle it. Microsoft is doing a little advertising for Linux (2.7 GB for Ubuntu 20.4) and ChromeOS (1.21 GB).