Post #1 Some Noobalicious Questions

Hello every one. I just bought my first Mac. i7 mac pro 17inch. I am so unfamiliar with how everything works. I was transferring files and found that I filled up the 500gig hardrive (I got about 162 gigs of music). So I have a couple of questions.

1. How do you veiw how big a folder is?
2. Is there a way to view what is taking up hard drive space?
3. If I want to play video games, is boot camp better then Parrallel?

The computer is great, thin, quiet, light, brillant screen. I have an airport router that I take with me when I travel and they work perfectly together not to mention the iphone 3GS 32 rocks. To think that all of this started because I bought my sister an ipod. Thanks guys for any info.

Welcome to the Forum. 1/ Right Click on folder and choose select info;
2/ This will give a pictorial of usage or 1 above;
Download GrandPerspective for Mac - Graphically shows disk usage within a file system. MacUpdate Mac Software Downloads
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Upheval said:

3. If I want to play video games, is boot camp better then Parrallel?

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If you're going to be gaming, use Boot Camp.

S.SubZero said:

If you're going to be gaming, use Boot Camp.

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Correct. This is because you will be utilizing ALL of your Mac's processor, RAM, etc.

FYI, there is a desktop computer called Mac Pro. The notebook you purchased is a MacBook Pro. It will help everyone know which machine you're referring to. ;D