Elie(>>)(-_-) wroteof course they are not the same but doesn't he download it like the other expansions? jad btw if you use the disc of a new expansion and install it u don't have to download the big expansion of the internet right?
I don't know if there's any network cafe that downloads the beta unless he plays it himself, because really few Lebanese play on Beta.
and as far as i know you wont need to download if you have the cds of the expansion but, usually before the expansion is released there is a pre-expansion patch, usually big and has major changes and content about the next expansion, like what happened in Cataclysm, Azeroth has changed and shattered including classes spells and talents before the Cataclysm was officially released so player could start to get used to the new game content, if you know what i mean.