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From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Windows-the interface that may never happen...
Summary: What's taking up so much space?
Message-ID: <60@raysnec.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jun 90 02:04:38 GMT
References: <210@rossignol.Princeton.EDU>
Reply-To: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
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In article <210@rossignol.Princeton.EDU> nfs@cs.Princeton.EDU (Norbert Schlenker) writes:
>When my copy of Windows 3.0 arrived from Microsoft (in 3 days rather
>than the quoted four weeks!), a quick glance at the manual revealed a
>requirement for 6-8Mb of hard disk space.  I freed up some space,
>installed the package, and discovered the disk estimates weren't far
>off - C:\WINDOWS ate 7.5Mb of my hard disk.  If I want to swap, I need
>(probably) another 2-3Mb of disk space.

In InfoWorld's recent Windows supplement (page S10) they write:

	Windows requires a large amount of hard disk space - 4-1/2
	megabytes of free disk pace to install it and its included
	utilities, not counting other applications. By eliminating
	some features, such as background art, you can pare Windows
	down to under 2 megabytes.

We've got a real discrepancy here. Can anyone shed light on how much
space is occupied by the various Windows components?