Slim Looks....gone??

I have been using Solidworks since ver 98+. The installation of
Solidworks used to take 140MB of disk space at max. But the
installation of Soliworks2004 Sp 1.0 basic took a wooping 950MB of
space. Where are the slimmer looks gone? If it is hidden behind the
enhancements been done over the next versions, is it worth the six
times space what it is taking now? They used to claim that the space
taken by Solidworks is even less than that of Autocad. Do all the
other softwares have started taking disk space around six times over
the previous 4-5 versions?

any comments
bawa

 

Such is life with software and enhancements...

ever compare Windows 3.1 install size to Windows XP?

I bet its even worse....

IMHO file space is very cheap anyway.

--Todd

 

Disk space IS remarkably "cheap" these days, so upgrading to a larger
drive is relatively painless.

The issues are more importantly those of performance and stability.

Getting the software to execute quickly and without glitches or
failures becomes increasingly difficult as the volume of code
increases.

As the number and sizes of files required to support any program grow,
so does the importance of keeping drives properly defragmented! A
simply analogy is to think of looking for a printed report on your own
desk if:

1. ALL of the pages are stacked together and in order right in front
of you.

or

2. The individual pages are completely separated from eachother and
are hidden under piles of varying depths in random locations over a
desk you haven't straightened up in months.

But even if the ordered report can be found quickly, it may contain
errors. Even if it has no errors, the one reading it may be very slow
or be making mistakes in its interpretation...

Per O. Hoel
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If SW performance has improved over the years how come so many people on
this group are constantly trying to figure out how to improve their
hardware? If performance has improved then by now we should be able to run
a 5,000 part assembly on a 100 Mhz 486!

I couldn't fit SW20004 on my rather restricted laptop HD at 1.5Gb for an
install.