[TazeTSchnitzel]

Hmm. This is true for WoW if you don't have a full install.

[grimman]

This only allows for a streaming install. It's without question definitely primarily stored on the individual users' harddrives. Once you've downloaded the textures/models/whatever, you will not be requesting them from the server ever again.

[sehugg]

Yeah there's even an open source map viewer, all you need is the DVD: http://wowmapview.sourceforge.net/