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Originally Posted by gingerbeardman
Apparently, according to Wikipedia, version 3.10.0 from 2017 was 75MB download and 200MB install on macOS. So in 5 or so years the app has increased in file size by a factor of more than 4x.
The huge size of the app means slower downloads, slower launches, slower quitting and of course the increased storage space required. In terms of file size it is in the top 1% of apps on my computer.
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My 2002 laptop was used till November 2012. It has a 120G byte HDD.
The 2016 replacement has 512G HDD
Then since I don't much go out I replaced that for everyday work with a S/H Optiplex 7050 with 512G SSD and added UPS, 4T HDD and a 60cm 4K screen.
This year I got a new Lenovo laptop for only €360 with 256G SSD, but I added a hardly used 1T HDD to it. €10 for the internal cable.
About 5000 eBooks is an export backup of 23.5 GByte.
About 0.5G for the install isn't a big deal. Even my 256G SSD (no programs on the HDD) is less than 12% used. I've a big selection of CAD, document, image/vector etc editing and others.
Only two Steam Games. One is 40G Byte.
Linux Mint with Mate desktop, and three VMs on Laptop:
1) Image of entire OS, programs and data of XP Laptop (Edit: 14 years worth plus earlier data since 1998 and all programs & data re-installed from Jan 2000 NT 4.0 Laptop).
2) Image of entire OS, programs (inc Office 2007) of 2016 Windows 7. That laptop now has only Linux.
3) Image of enitire OS of briefly used Windows 10 tower PC, now wiped and a Linux server in the attic.
So I don't see the size of Calibre as an issue.