Harddrive Space

oldnews · oldnews #1 (**permalink**)

01-02-2005, 05:34 PM

How much harddrive space should I have on my Ibook with 60GB? I have closer to 40GB now and I havent installed anything. Does the OS take up that much space?

I dont know if it was ever at 60GB, I just recently noticed.

mynameis · mynameis #2 (**permalink**)

01-02-2005, 05:56 PM

When they say 60gb, they calculate that based on 1000 bytes per kilobyte, while the computer calculates it as 1024 bytes for per kilobyte, which means a hard drive advertised as 60gb really only has 55.8gb.

The operating system takes up a lot of space, there are some other threads about it where some people have said that the OS takes up like 10gb.

Do you have iLife and everything?

oldnews · oldnews #3 (**permalink**)

01-02-2005, 06:26 PM

It came with ilife so yes

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oldnews #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 28, 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia Posts: 358 Mac Specs: Macbook 2.0ghz, Ibook G4 1.33ghz, Powerbook Lombard 333mhz	01-02-2005, 05:34 PM How much harddrive space should I have on my Ibook with 60GB? I have closer to 40GB now and I havent installed anything. Does the OS take up that much space? I dont know if it was ever at 60GB, I just recently noticed.
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mynameis #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 30, 2004 Posts: 3,378	01-02-2005, 05:56 PM When they say 60gb, they calculate that based on 1000 bytes per kilobyte, while the computer calculates it as 1024 bytes for per kilobyte, which means a hard drive advertised as 60gb really only has 55.8gb. The operating system takes up a lot of space, there are some other threads about it where some people have said that the OS takes up like 10gb. Do you have iLife and everything?
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