because the amount of code shipped with each release will only go up, never down. Actually, it went down with the Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard release. Up to 7 G

because the amount of code shipped with each release will only go up, never down. Actually, it went down with the Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard release. Up to 7 GB less. [1] 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Snow_Leopard#New_or_changed_features http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Snow_Leopard#New_or_ch...