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Kent Sharkey2-Jun-20 16:21

2-Jun-20 16:21

And I'm assuming that's not the full system either?

I've heard of others having multi-GB installs. And they don't even distribute MSDN with it anymore.

TTFN - Kent

David O'Neil2-Jun-20 16:24

David O'Neil

2-Jun-20 16:24

Nope. Just C++ and a handful of others.

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Nelek2-Jun-20 19:43

Nelek

2-Jun-20 19:43

I don't have the full package and got almost 3 Gb in the last 2017 update I did, I don't want to imagine what a fully installed VS2019 would get Unsure | :~

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Sander Rossel2-Jun-20 22:22

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2-Jun-20 22:22

Those are rookie numbers, you gotta pump those numbers up!

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter2-Jun-20 22:37

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

2-Jun-20 22:37

Don't break a sweat... Sit back and relax, MS will do the work for you...

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Jörgen Andersson3-Jun-20 0:15

Jörgen Andersson

3-Jun-20 0:15

Tell me about it.
Just had a "Feature Update" of windows. Ten more GB gone

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W∴ Balboos, GHB3-Jun-20 0:58

W∴ Balboos, GHB

3-Jun-20 0:58

Just considering eventualities, but does

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote:
MS will do the work for you...

also include making the system work again after they break it, or is that for a upcoming session?

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter3-Jun-20 1:08

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

3-Jun-20 1:08

That part is a payed service...

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Slacker0073-Jun-20 0:21

Slacker007

3-Jun-20 0:21

the size of the updates don't bother me at all. its the stability and accuracy of the updates that bother me as they have become more inconsistent with every build release.

David O'Neil wrote:
it is now saying there is a new version available

this is because their updates are shite. constantly fixing, no end in site.

Slacker0073-Jun-20 0:40

Slacker007

3-Jun-20 0:40

if you installed everything or almost everything during your initial VS install then your updates sizes will be greater.

My update sizes are not too bad because I only installed what I needed, not what I wanted.

CodeWraith3-Jun-20 2:38

CodeWraith

3-Jun-20 2:38

Shut up, Microserf, and start shoveling in the bytes. Smile | :)

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dandy723-Jun-20 4:44

dandy72

3-Jun-20 4:44

Back with 2017, I regularly let it update the full set of files so I'd have a folder containing anything and everything I might want to install, ready to go and already up to date.

The entire folder weighted in at 40+ GB. It would regularly pull down 30+ GB worth of updates at a time. With my 5mbps connection, that was a full day's worth of downloads, so I reserved those for weekends.

I've stopped doing that and nowadays only let VS update what it thinks I need based on what I have installed.

17.5 MB?!

Kent Sharkey2-Jun-20 12:31

2-Jun-20 12:31

Just got a notice for updating the BIOS on my laptop - it's a 17.5MB install. I'm hoping most of that is just the setup folderol? WTF | :WTF:

TTFN - Kent

Rick York2-Jun-20 12:58

Rick York

2-Jun-20 12:58

Nope, that's really it. I have read that the latest processors need 32MB so some old motherboards with 16MB of memory can't be used with them.

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Kent Sharkey2-Jun-20 16:18

2-Jun-20 16:18

Unreal - I was expecting some minigames or something, but I guess because all the BIOS are getting almost GUI-fied these days.

TTFN - Kent

den2k882-Jun-20 21:34

den2k88

2-Jun-20 21:34

American Megatrends BIOS had a GUI and PS/2 mouse support back in 1996, when a 8 MB RAM PC was still common.

Consider that a car ECU with limited functionalities and a single communication system requires about 2-3 MB of optimized binary and it does not have to support multiple client OS in thousands of possible hardware configurations.

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Cp-Coder2-Jun-20 14:17

Cp-Coder

2-Jun-20 14:17

I pride myself that I do not scare easily, but being forced to update BIOS always has me quaking in my boots! OMG | :OMG:

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Kent Sharkey2-Jun-20 16:20

2-Jun-20 16:20

Mercifully, it survived. 'swhy I keep suffering with Dell - at least I know people test their installers on it.

OK, this Dell isn't bad. I just miss my Carbon.

TTFN - Kent

Cp-Coder3-Jun-20 0:51

Cp-Coder

3-Jun-20 0:51

Yes, my favorite make is Dell as well. I have never regretted buying Dell. And I used to buy not only for my family, but for the company where I worked before I retired as well. Not a single failure after a dozen or more purchases over 20 years.

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