My iTunes Library takes up just under 18 GB on my eMac, why does it take up almost 25 GB on my MacBook?

Not sure why my iTunes library takes up so much more space on my MacBook than my eMac.

Thanks for the quick answer John!  That kind of leads to my next question.  I am in the market for an iPhone, plus I am currently importing all of my vinyl records to iTunes.  At the rate I am going, it will take up about 30 GB in my MacBook Library, does this number correspond to the iPhone pretty accurately?  My guess is the answer is yes, and I need to go for a 64 GB iPhone, right?

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