Actually it might even be a bit less because 9 changes the way hard drive sizes are represented (no more 4TB drive showing as 3.63TB in windows etc...)
Surely that's just going to make say 5GB program installs take up more than 5GB though if they start using manufacturers decimal methods of drive sizing - its the manufacturers who need to start labelling their drives in binary
That's what I said, but I'm willing to bet this is a result of a financial arrangement between drive manufacturers and MS.
I hope to Bill Gates that they did. Installing all the language files for every language was just ridiculous. I hope this makes it into the final version.
Waiting for the day they make an Arch Linux version where you choose exactly what gets included and installed Bye bye Metro lol