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Dave-o� · Dec 3, 2003, 08:59 AM

Question: I have a new PB with an 80 gig drive.. How would you guys/gals suggest the HD be set up for graphic/web design work under 10.3.1? Should I have an OSX partition, a Files partition, MP3 partition, and an Repair/Backup partition?? What about a partition for swap/scratch disk space for Photoshop? I would like all honest input about this please..

Thanks,
Dave-o�

RayX · Dec 4, 2003, 07:49 PM

Personally I wouldn't bother with partitions. Putting swap on a separate partition isn't going to do anything for performance, as it's the same physical disk.

I'd say you're better off organizing your files with folders, not partitions.

Might be handy to pick up a FW800 drive to backup to and store projects on, etc.

Ask yourself why you think you need partitions, if it's for performance or organization, then I guess you don't need partitions.

hadocon · Dec 4, 2003, 07:57 PM

Why are so many people asking about partitions? It seems to me to be just a useless hassle. If you want to keep your files separate, just make some folders and put some neat icons on them.

anaphora68 · Dec 4, 2003, 09:18 PM

There's no point to partitioning in OS X. It creates more of a hassle than anything else.

anaphora68 · Dec 4, 2003, 09:24 PM

There's no point to partitioning in OS X. It creates more of a hassle than anything else.

TiDual · Dec 5, 2003, 06:07 AM

When you eventually upgrade your machine, you can either do an "upgrade install", or a "clean install". If the former doesn't work, then you have to do a clean install, which wipes the partion the OS in on. One reason for having two partitions, is it provides you with a place to put your data, when you do a clean install ... eliminating the need to have an external HD.

But that's about the only reason I can think of (unless you might want to install multiple OSes).

Maflynn · Dec 5, 2003, 06:25 AM

A benefit I see for partitioning is having a small boot partition incase something happens to you main partition. Booting off a cd may not always do the trick. You might need access to files or manually correct somthing.

Having your data in a different partition is also safer for backups.

Right now I have one partition but once I have some time I'm going to partition my hd along those lines.

I agree that the improvemens that apple made to the system that moving the swap file makes little sense.

Mike

Dave-o� · Dec 8, 2003, 02:09 PM

Thanks for the input guys.. I didn't partition the drive, just left it alone and started installing......