Hi, I'm new to Macs. I've always been a PC guy, and I just got my first Mac cause my school's architecture program required it. I fired it up and started getting a feel for it. After a few hours I checked the hard drive, and now the only things I've installed are Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Microsoft Office 2007. The Hard Drive said Total Space 232 Gigs, and available space 204 Gigs. I was shocked. Does Mac require this much initial hard disk space or is something going on.