Just bought a Xbox one

Pro tip :- before installing new games go to settings > network > click go offline . Insert disc , install . Once installed go to settings > network > click go online . Install updates once prompted . So much quicker .

You can start a DL or install a game and then turn the controller off .

Go own git!

Even if you were able to uninstall... whatever it is that's annoying you so much. The OS would still require a ton of space, and the X1 would still reserve yet more space for other functions.

Even when using a PC you can uninstall a bunch of programs, sure, but the space an operating system like Windows 10 requires, would still be hogged by the operating system. So uninstalling certain apps and features from the Xbox One [that take up just tens
of megabytes each] wouldn't exactly free up so much space for it to be noticeable.

By the way... your experience on a PS4 would be identical in terms of the OS hording disc space, and sporting first-party apps and features you can't remove. These things aren't PCs. They're closed systems that deliver specific experiences to the entire
userbase... every feature gets the same support, and updates, and content delivered to it, and every user has the same experience.

Just install a game and get playing already. Then maybe you'll have a good story to tell your computer-using, marketing, law firm affiliated colleagues about your next-gen console experience, around the water cooler. =)

Or if less is more, sell your Xbox One, and have one less thing to complain about, but more time for other things... like making up sales figures for consumer products, and somehow conflating those figures with a personal issue you have with the inability
to remove features from a closed system. {XD

do you know how big the initial update is for the console? trust me i dont play games online, i could care less about any game that is multiplayer based because i dont play multiplayer games. but i will be connected anyways once my internet situation is
settled for all other online features

i just wanted to know if i could play any game physically without the initial update until i get my good broadband connection worked out or if the initial update is small enough where it wont take my entire 10gb of satellite service i'm currently on.

You will need to update the console the first time used. Just a note tho.. I understand the reasons for people not wanting to play online... BUT this is a console designed to be online... you need to access to the cloud (online storage) for some games
to operate correctly as some games are online only.. XB1 was not designed to be a "traveling" console but a stationary part of an entertainment hub in your home. our best bet is to stick with games that are single player types till you get your ISP settled

You can use it online for some games.. but using it it offline as well as not using the kinect really does gimp the experience of having an X1