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Originally Posted by Katsunami
I just don't onderstand why MS is offering less and less ISO downloads, and if they do so, they do it through something like the Media Creation Tool.
Do they really WANT people who have three computers (as I do; desktop, laptop, and a stick pc) to download everything three times, as opposed to once and then using their own network/usb/cd to install such a large update?
Installing Windows XP SP3 was a nightmare in 2013; You'd have to get... what... 10 years of updates. Microsoft plans to support Windows 10 "during the life of the device it is installed on"; in my case, that could be 25 years, as I don't plan to sell this computer.
First, I can't believe MS to support Windows 10 on such old systems for so long a time, and second, I can't believe that I'd have to download 25 years of updates, should I decide to reinstall this computer in 2040, for old time's sake.
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I had to reinstall XPpro (Dell SP1 dist) last year. I had the SP3 CD. It still took 12 HOURS with a fast DSL with al the updates (and 40 bazillion reboots
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I pity those on a metered Satellite feed.
IMHO the ISO is the way to go (and you have a backup if you need to reinstall)