6GB or 4GB?

[joelovesapple]

I heard in the WWDC keynote that Lion would be about 4GB in size. But now people are saying 6GB?

What exactly is the truth here?

 

[CodeBreaker]

4

 

[joelovesapple]

4

Thanks, I thought so. Someone on here said it was now 6GB but I wasn't so sure. It's amazing how quickly mistruth spreads on these forums.

 

[pacmania1982]

The download for me was something like 3.4GB

pac

 

[macmongral]

its 3.72 gig

its only 6 gig if it got a parrot on its shoulder or been messed with/added to 😱

 

[joelovesapple]

its 3.72 gig

its only 6 gig if it got a parrot on its shoulder or been messed with/added to 😱

Thanks, I think I get a rough idea of the download size now 😎 .

 

[vtstarck]

Let's say I have 100GB remaining on my hard drive. When I download and install Lion, will I have 96GB remaining or does it remove the installer and the SL files - leaving me with roughly 100GB (or whatever the file size difference is between SL and Lion)?

 

[wrldwzrd89]

Let's say I have 100GB remaining on my hard drive. When I download and install Lion, will I have 96GB remaining or does it remove the installer and the SL files - leaving me with roughly 100GB (or whatever the file size difference is between SL and Lion)?

You will have a little less than 100GB left, due to Lion being slightly bigger than Snow Leopard. The installer does remove itself as well as the old system.

 

[DJJAZZYJET]

Their exact words were abround 4gb to download, which means it could be 3.xx or 4.xx.