Windows 7 bare bones edition

[Howski]

Hi,

A few years back I installed a Windows XP barebones edition that stripped everything out of a windows install that was not required to play games. I am wondering if there is a Windows 7 equivalent out there?

Thanks
-Howard Webb

 

[Kojak]

Do a google for RT seven lite. It could be what you're looking for.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Might aswell go to XP if thats the case. Stripping stuff from an OS is pretty pointless exercise as you could potentially run into major problems.

 

[Howski]

Really? I got a lot better results by having a gaming only version of XP bare bones. I only really will use Windows for games as I have a Linux install for everything else. Its been a while since I messed with PC games (I know, but I had no space) and I'd like to squeeze every bit of performance out of my old laptop until I can actually affoard a machine that can handle games. The reason I'd go for 7 over XP would be 64bit.

Cheers
-Howard.

 

[Duke]

Don't really need to do that now, hardware has moved on so much that things like memory in comparison to before is just not a problem and Windows 7 is much better overall than XP.

 

[AbsenceJam]

Stripping down Windows just saves a little RAM and disk space, you don't gain any performance as it's not like anything they remove is sitting there hammering the CPU.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Really? I got a lot better results by having a gaming only version of XP bare bones. I only really will use Windows for games as I have a Linux install for everything else. Its been a while since I messed with PC games (I know, but I had no space) and I'd like to squeeze every bit of performance out of my old laptop until I can actually affoard a machine that can handle games. The reason I'd go for 7 over XP would be 64bit.

Cheers
-Howard.

XP came 64 bit too so don't no where you getting your information from. You got a lot better results like what? Theres nothing different having an OS stripped down in terms of games as the hardware you play the games on should be powerful enough in the first place regardless.

 

[Memphis]

Total waste of time. Can't believe people still do this.

 

[Meatball]

Total waste of time. Can't believe people still do this.

 

[Mr.Fantastic]

Doing this to Vista did give better performance but there is no point in doing it to W7 because it's very nippy straight out of the box.

 

[Howski]

XP came 64 bit too so don't no where you getting your information from. You got a lot better results like what? Theres nothing different having an OS stripped down in terms of games as the hardware you play the games on should be powerful enough in the first place regardless.

Yea I know there was a 64 bit version of XP - IIRC its a little patchy. Also I'll be buying a new version of Windows so 7 really is the only option.

I got better frame rates in UT 2007 by having a gaming only boot of XP barebones edition so my knowledge is coming from first person experiance. As it removed some of the crap that XP loaded that you did not need, it also had a smaller resource/install footprint and making it ideal for that use.

I'd love to be able to afford some new hardware - I can't for a while so its all about squeezing every drop out of what I have - unless you'd like to donate some new components

Total waste of time. Can't believe people still do this.

As one person said its no longer needed so I'll not bother.

Cheers
-Howard

 

[bells]

The lowest version i know of is Windows 7 Starter as i have it in my notebook but i haven't seen it for sale anywhere !

 

[Howski]

I'll be going for 7 Home 64bit.

 

[SparkyG]

not really worth it with win 7 as it only uses the nessecery resources required for each task

 

[Django x2]

Just get the N version of Windows if you want stripped

 

[AbsenceJam]

Just get the N version of Windows if you want stripped

N just lacks Windows Media bits that you can disable anyway, it's not exactly stripped or light.

 

[Django x2]

and IE