both well break win8 the optimum method to slim windows down is "Dism" using "/disable-feature .. /remove" + "/Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage" + "deleting some large font".. i shrinked win8 partition footprint from 7.5 G to around 4 G
i think i had some success with vlite on win8 consumer preview, removed the big crap like natural language and speech support