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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 383055" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>I believe you may be confusing hard disk space with memory. Your hard disk is where your data is stored, memory is a space that programs (already stored on the hard disk) are loaded into so that they can be processed by the CPU. OS X and the accompanying iLife suite and trial software take up about 40GB of space, but you can easily pare that down by trashing some of the preinstalled demos. 120GB should be plenty for your hard disk, 1GB is highly recommended for memory.</p><p></p><p>Fragmentation occurs when your hard disk is written to in an inefficient manner. This is a major problem on Windows machines, but is less likely to occur on a Mac where defragmentation chores happen automatically as long as there is sufficient free space (about 20% of the disk space free as I understand it). Most users will never need to run a defragmentation program. If you feel the need to do so, programs like <a href="http://coriolis-systems.com/iDefrag.php" target="_blank">iDefrag</a> will accomplish this task.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 383055, member: 24098"] I believe you may be confusing hard disk space with memory. Your hard disk is where your data is stored, memory is a space that programs (already stored on the hard disk) are loaded into so that they can be processed by the CPU. OS X and the accompanying iLife suite and trial software take up about 40GB of space, but you can easily pare that down by trashing some of the preinstalled demos. 120GB should be plenty for your hard disk, 1GB is highly recommended for memory. Fragmentation occurs when your hard disk is written to in an inefficient manner. This is a major problem on Windows machines, but is less likely to occur on a Mac where defragmentation chores happen automatically as long as there is sufficient free space (about 20% of the disk space free as I understand it). Most users will never need to run a defragmentation program. If you feel the need to do so, programs like [URL="http://coriolis-systems.com/iDefrag.php"]iDefrag[/URL] will accomplish this task. [/QUOTE]
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