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    Upgrading to Snow Leopard and Disk Space

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by codeoverride, Jun 10, 2009.

  1. codeoverride

    codeoverride Notebook Evangelist

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    I read that Snow Leopard uses about 6GB less disk space than Leopard.
    I already have Leopard installed so I'm wondering if I upgrade to Snow Leopard do I get about 6GB of space freed up?
     
    codeoverride, Jun 10, 2009
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  2. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    AFAIK,yes,you ll get space...
     
    Xirurg, Jun 10, 2009
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  3. ljhfasfdadds

    ljhfasfdadds Notebook Enthusiast

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    Seems the removal of code for PPC Macs has saved a lot of space
     
    ljhfasfdadds, Jun 10, 2009
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  4. ATC

    ATC Notebook Deity

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    Yeah, finally PPC is officially no longer supported.
     
    ATC, Jun 10, 2009
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