GFree Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 I've had success with OS X x86 and have begun investigating software to try out. I had heard about the iWork suite, so I read its wiki and came across this tidbit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWork "New versions of Pages and Keynote were introduced, as was a new spreadsheet application, Numbers. Despite this, hard disk space requirements were reduced from 1.85 GB in iWork '06 to 690 MB in iWork '08." Reduced?!? A new series of commerical applications that had updated tools but still somehow managed to lower its usage of disk space? Unheard of from where I was sitting. Then again I've been using Vista for the past 6 months, so... Heck, I've heard that Leopard is going to be even faster and more efficient, or at least as speedy as Tiger on existing hardware. With Windows I've come to expect newer versions to be substantially more taxing than the last. Also, did you know that the installer (just the installer) for Nero 8 in Windows is something like a gig? Not sure if it's out yet, but that's what I heard. Insane what I've come to expect. Just thought I'd get that observation off my chest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDRacer48 Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Personally, I think Apple programs are bloated and take up way too much hdd space. Way more than windows. I think it would be great for Apple to become more efficient with software hdd consumption, but then again does it really matter with 500gb or so hdds for less than 150 usd. Not really... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Being universal binaries makes Apple software usually a bit bigger. What can I say, though, Apple software really is superior, in general. You should switch to mac, GFree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Maybe they're not including the QuickTime installer this time? I don't know, I haven't gotten iWork 08 yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 It's true, iLife and iWork are considerably smaller this time around. Good stuff from Apple. I don't know why iPhoto is 400mb in the first place. Hint: You can save gb's by taking off the iLife sound effects and garageband loops in your Application Support directory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSn1™ Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 Delete language localizations. They take big space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conroe Mac Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 My Vista partition loaded with programs uses much more space than my Apple partition loaded with programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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