Windows vista

I've just read that the new Windows release (Vista) that is due for Jan 2007, has minimum hardware specs that include 15GB of HD space!

What on earth are they doing with all that?

Windows has long been known for being untidily written, but that's just plain rediculous when compared to a bootable Linux release like Knoppix, where a whole OS and program suite fits snugly on a 650MB CD.

I dread to think how much space Office will require once it is Vista-ised - 40GB seems not unlikely!