1) 4.60 GB ISO kind of suggests that this doesn't gain anything over a normal regular ol' Win10.
Of course I mention that before the install is even completed and not yet seeing the end result.
2) Installation takes "forever". Did not time it, per se, just took way longer than any of my other Win10 installs.
Only tested in VirtualBox VM with 4 cores assisgned and 2 GB RAM allocated.
3) My own mistake on this one, but not really sure if a mistake.
I did not "disconnect" the VirtualBox network adapter until on the "Getting ready" screen.
Fingers crossed that it didn't try to perform or download any "updates" before I remembered to disconnect.
4) Strictly personal preference, but is including "Windows Security" inline with classic experience and telemetry removal agenda?
5) AWESOME Win7-ified "start menu" and "systray".
6) I'm showing an idle of 700MB RAM, 2-4% on the CPU, 49 processes, and 544 threads - this to me essentially looks like "normal Win7".
Though I would have to perform additional compare/contrast.
CPU did die down to 1-2% after 10 minutes or so of sitting idle.
Process count was at 45 and thread count at 471 roughly 20 minutes into me first launch.
7) Is "Windows Search" and "Volume Shadow Copy" necessary? Again, kind of cite as personal preference as this is something I normally remove.
8) What about "Windows Security Health" and "Windows Defender SmartScreen" and "Antimalware Service Executable"?
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