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<blockquote data-quote="lzasitko" data-source="post: 33914">space on your driveTo start with a 30 gig hard drive is not really 30 gig&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> Most hard drive manufactures list it as 30 gig but they are using 1000 bytes not&nbsp; the 1024 that the computer actually uses so you likely loose a bit there. OSX installs a lot of extra junk, I found a utility to delete all the languages that are installed and I can't use. In my case this freed up around 800meg. If you do not use OS9 you could get rid of it....You can also clean up all the pictures and screen savers etc, same as on a PC, I only keep themes etc that I use and scrap the rest. Lots of ways to save spaceYou will find that Mac programs are much smaller then the same PC program so in some cases you don't need a larger drive.... Depends on what you do. I have a lot of pictures (around 10gig on mine) and music (another 8gig right now) so it is time to do some house cleaning..... May have to get an iPod for the music, but I have a minidisc player/recorder and really like it, now if only Sony would smarten up and get software for the mac.... There is a new minidisc that has 1gig discs and can now use data files but I don't know if it can read mp3's will have to look into it....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lzasitko, post: 33914"] [b]space on your drive[/b] To start with a 30 gig hard drive is not really 30 gig :eek: Most hard drive manufactures list it as 30 gig but they are using 1000 bytes not the 1024 that the computer actually uses so you likely loose a bit there. OSX installs a lot of extra junk, I found a utility to delete all the languages that are installed and I can't use. In my case this freed up around 800meg. If you do not use OS9 you could get rid of it.... You can also clean up all the pictures and screen savers etc, same as on a PC, I only keep themes etc that I use and scrap the rest. Lots of ways to save space You will find that Mac programs are much smaller then the same PC program so in some cases you don't need a larger drive.... Depends on what you do. I have a lot of pictures (around 10gig on mine) and music (another 8gig right now) so it is time to do some house cleaning..... May have to get an iPod for the music, but I have a minidisc player/recorder and really like it, now if only Sony would smarten up and get software for the mac.... There is a new minidisc that has 1gig discs and can now use data files but I don't know if it can read mp3's will have to look into it.... [/QUOTE]

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