Developer NTDEV, well known for the Tiny project, took slimming techniques to the extreme to create a 100MB Windows 11. A barely usable experiment, but it shows just how far the operating system could be reduced.

Windows 11 is a monster today full of apps and services, ads and junkware Bloatware. On top of all this, we have to add an enormous amount of code to support a gigantic ecosystem, including legacy code that dates back to Windows 95. It’s no wonder that with these wicks, Windows 11 isn’t as fast or as stable as Windows 10 or Windows 7.

And what comes makes those who We ask Microsoft to create an operating system that is as lightweight as possible. The implementation of AI technologies in upcoming updates, such as Windows 11 24H2, with full integration (some call it disruption) of the Copilot assistant, will further increase the demands on the system and force an increase in the level of hardware. If the minimum RAM requirement for “IA PCs” is confirmed to be 16GB, the number of PCs that will be out of the game will be enormous.

Windows 11 100MB

NTDEV It was inspired by an old Microsoft project called “MinWin”. Minimalist, component-independent development Windows Vista (and later Windows 7), which acted as a “central” user interface.

The developer aptly named it “NT-DOS” because it boots into a minimal environment and operates only through console commands, stripping away the GUI or any other graphical elements to return to its textual roots. Despite supporting some basic batch files, the stripped-down operating system is still Windows and can even multitask.

It is clear that Windows 11 100 MB is not an end user solution and is o just an experiment to see how far you can go. We’re not asking that much from Microsoft, but we’re asking for a similar conceptual commitment, with a basic, lightweight, stable, high-performance core, to which service and application modules would be added according to each user’s needs.

This is what NTDEV achieved with its Tiny project, which kept unnecessary components to a minimum. Tiny11 2311 is the most complete generic version, while Tiny ‘Core’ reduces the system to a bare minimum. It also offers scaled down versions of Windows 10 in case you want to use them. All allow system installation older machines or machines that do not meet official requirements. And without sacrificing hardware compatibility or key features.

100MB Windows 11 is something else. It’s not usable, but it shows a lot of code that has been added to Windows. A big useless part for users.