On 11/07/04, Jim Freeman <jpfreeman at mac.com> wrote: > > It sounds like they are saying it doesn't have anything to do with the > hardware configuration of the computer, but with modifications of the > system by 3rd party software. Is that correct? > > On 6-Nov-04, at 6:18 PM, John Baltutis wrote: > >> On Nov 5, 2004, at 11:44 PM, Jim MacCormaic wrote: >>> >>> I installed first on my iBook and yes indeed, that was the size in >>> that case. But then I turned to my iMac and was surprised to find that >>> the size had jumped to 34.6 MB. Both machines were at 10.3.5. >>> >>> Can anybody explain the discrepancy? >> >> Sure. Read <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25799>. It has to do with modifications to the Mac OS X system by both Apple updates or third-party apps. For example, if you installed any of Apple's recent security updates, then, hopefully, the 10.3.6 update won't include those pieces. However, some computers aren't offered a smaller update.