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At work I have an SSD which is only 220 GB so it is almost full almost all of the time.  Gone are the days of lean software deployments, and I am a hoarder when it comes to information.  As a result, I was attempting to install DX Seattle on my SSD and Install Aware told me I had sufficient space after unselecting various features.

After proceeding, Install Aware told me it does not have enough!

In the end I did manage to free enough space to get DX Seattle installed, although it was like playing Russian roulette.  I ended up removing vital components for SQL Server Management studio that I then had to repair.

I recently upgraded to DX Seattle which contains the long awaited (7+ releases) resolution for the “Out of Memory” issue.  I was pleased to see that DX Seattle is now Large Memory Address aware, in addition to using memory more efficiently according to Marco Cantu.

So far, after installing Update 1 with the Modern Style hot fix I have not experienced a single Out of Memory error.  As a result, we are upgrading our licenses for the first time in 3 years even though there is a big push to move the core products to .NET.  If only EMBT would have addressed this earlier, perhaps we wouldn’t be so motivated to move.