Orchestral sounds for Logic Express

I purchased Logic Express believing there were plenty of orchestral samples/sounds beyond those of Garageband. I was sadly mistaken. Can anyone recommend any good orchestral VST or sound packages for Logic Express?
Are there any that are free to download? Or purchase?
And, what is the difference between a VST package and a garageband jam pack? Same thing but different??
Thanks for the help to this newbie to using VST's and LE.
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Quick google tells me the difference between VST and AU (Garageband) is:
VST is the plugin used for both Macs and PC's so there are lots 'out there'.
AU's (Audio Units) use Mac OS X's native Core Audio. It seems that Logic can use both types, but Garage band can't (I may stand corrected as I don't use GB). The technical difference is, it seems that AU types are more 'efficiently' processed by OS X and the apple hardware - again this may or may not be true now that CPUs have moved on since the information I found on the 'interweb'. Some claim one is superior in sound to the other, but again I have no technical information that I have found to prove that.
I guess it's sort of the same difference between AAC and MP3, Apple can use both, one is considered superior in many ways, but the other is used more by the software manufacturers. I couldn't think of a car analogy
As to a pitiful amount of orchestral samples, yes I concur, compared to Logic Pro (which has a lot) Logic Express has about 20% of the total.
I haven't purchased any loops/samples from a third party myself, but you can find lots of 'free' download samples by searching.
For instance:
http://www.macloops.com/
or
http://www.platinumloops.com/
are two good places to start. You get some free samples to see if this is the kind of thing you want.
Good luck.
P

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