I always install on top of my current version. I've only used an external USB drive so I don't have experience with downloading, but a PG Music staffer (Andrew) said that they were going to modify the download manager to check and not download files identical to existing ones. I don't know whether that's implemented yet.

Your instincts are correct - there is a huge amount of duplication in each new version, primarily from thousands of RealTracks, space-wise.


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