From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Just as a comparison ...

I purchased an Intel  mac-mini direct from Apple in May. My first system
update after I unboxed it totaled slightly over 500 megabytes. The 10.4.7
update I did last week totaled slightly over 200 megabytes. I've also had
two firmware updates since the purchase


"Mike N."  wrote in message
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> After installing Redhat Fedora from a June 2006 DVD, I decided to do the
> equivalent of a Windows Update.   So I did a 'yum update' and was offered
> 598 Megabytes of updates.   I did install everything and the kitchen sink
> to begin with evaluation.    How big are the typical monthly updates
> (security and other) for the average distribution?
>
>   In my real applications, my install would be much smaller for security
> and reliability purposes.

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