CS5: File size issue?!

I am currently trying Photoshop CS5 and found some issues regarding memory and file size.
One issue shows up as following:
Opened a 21MP photo via Camera Raw as Smart Object, used Noise Reduction Filter and saved this one Layer image as PSD without maximum
compatibility turned on. Filesize: 222.626KB (~222MB, which is quite big i thought to myself).
Then rasterized this Smart Object and saved the image again. Filesize: 84.164KB (~84MB, which is more to my likings).
Again converted the Layer into a Smart Object, Smart Sharpened it and saved it. Filesize: 258.302KB (~258MB).
Of course i usually do not switch between rasterized layers and smart objects all the time, this was just for demonstration purposes.
Something seems strange here, why is the smart object three times larger on disk then the rasterized version?
Is it because i use a trial version???

Printing to PDF from the print box is an OS process - it takes the printer data that Photoshop sends and creates PDF from it.
Photoshop CS5 does use the newer Cocoa printing APIs, which could cause changes in the output (due to differences in Apple's code).
For saving PDF, I really suggest you just save the file as PDF from Photoshop and skip the print dialog.

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