Really, we're talking apples and oranges here.

looks like the author of that linked article put about 5 minutes worth of work into it. 

typical sample piano gigabyte worshipping pablum.

It couldn't have been put better.

Glenn

It's quite a odyssey to install all that.     

I supose the compression require even more CPU power since it will need to decompress in real time.

I bey Piet De Ridder have or will buy this. He have almost all related to digital piano.

typical sample piano gigabyte worshipping pablum.

i am impressed Ivory continues as a mainstay after a long, long time.  i have Grand 3 and it is usable but needs a lot of work. and the first two are such hogs you gotta wonder how well you can actually run them.

i do absolutely agree pianoteq accomplishes a whole lot with a very skinny profile. and it is very open-ended as to its ultimate destination.  which is why i believe sampling is pretty well played out, unless hybrid sample/modelled pianos start making bigger inroads- and from what i hear demo-ing True Pianos- not yet....

The Library contains 500GB of uncompressed sample data. Due to a specifically developed optimization process, the Vienna Imperial engine decompresses the samples in real-time, so that they take up only 50GB of space on your hard disk.

Compared with Pianoteq of only 22MB

What is the size of Vienna Imperial Virtual Grand Piano ?

I bet it require to buy a entire new huge HD.

Sample based piano enthusiasts will no doubt be unsurprised by the 4 other virtual pianos chosen for top listing.

When you consider price comparison and system requirements of these leading virtual pianos, it is arguably quite an achievement for the modelled piano.

Well done MODARTT