elise Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Hi, I'm one of those folks who is getting a Macbook because it can run Windows now and that means I can use it to connect remotely to work. I expect that the only things I will do on Windows are open my company's terminal emulator and use the web browser from time to time. Given this usage, does anyone have any vague thoughts about how much of an 80GB hard drive I should give over to Windows? Many thanks. Elise Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42063-bootcampwindows-partition-size/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
htdefiant Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Windows XP, or Windows Vista? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42063-bootcampwindows-partition-size/#findComment-300864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 windows xp home Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42063-bootcampwindows-partition-size/#findComment-300869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
htdefiant Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Then you need not dedicate that much. Perhaps 10-15 gigabytes would suffice, depending on the size of this emulator program. Good luck Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42063-bootcampwindows-partition-size/#findComment-300873 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 Many thanks. I don't think the emulator software is more than 100 MB, and all the software I'd install wouldn't be more than 1GB, so I think I could probably get away with 10GB. We'll see how it works out. Thanks again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42063-bootcampwindows-partition-size/#findComment-300932 Share on other sites More sharing options...
htdefiant Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Not a problem, again, best wishes. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42063-bootcampwindows-partition-size/#findComment-301057 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Fogge Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 10 should be fine for XP Home + a few other misc. apps. For example, I am using 8GB on my home iMac for XP Professional and all of the games from Valve's Steam. (HL, HL2, CS, and all that other stuff). Even there, I still have ~1GB left over. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42063-bootcampwindows-partition-size/#findComment-301061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
non sequitur Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 I need around 30GB for my MBP's windows partition, with about 63 GB for OS X. i have around 10GB left for windows, and i have Call of Duty+expansion, Call of Duty 2, Half Life 2, Counter Strike: Source, HL2 DM, Battlefield 2142, Halo, UT2004, and many others. I also have space for many other games. However, since you will be getting a MacBook, then you won't be playing any games. If you'll have 2 or 3 programs of 100MB - 1GB, I'd say you could get away with 5. But that's just me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42063-bootcampwindows-partition-size/#findComment-304814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Fogge Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Why use Windows for games that run natively under Mac? Call of Duty, Call of Duty 2, Halo and UT2004 have native Mac clients, and that would have you everything except the Valve games and Battlefield 2142 (and that is on the way to the Mac, just not here yet). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42063-bootcampwindows-partition-size/#findComment-305752 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan015 Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 10gb is fine, i have pro installed with a game and i'm barely using 2gb... MS Office takes up about 500mb... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42063-bootcampwindows-partition-size/#findComment-306263 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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