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andreas_g4 · Apr 3, 2003, 02:54 PM

I have only approx. 5 GB free. But i'm looking foreward to get a new iBook soon, so upgrading would be too much work for too less convenience.

voodoo · Apr 3, 2003, 03:18 PM

Constantly less than 1 GB on a 20 GB HD. Dammit.

bradoesch · Apr 3, 2003, 05:42 PM

I recently put a 120 GB drive into my iMac, but before that I was always running out of space.

chris v · Apr 3, 2003, 05:54 PM

60 GB internal and 40 GB Firewire (at home-- I've got 220 GB of storage at work) with 58.something free right now.

It's beginning to fill up a little quicker here lately, though.

CV

Hi I'm Mike · Apr 3, 2003, 06:29 PM

i got a 60 gig and i have about 9 left. i try to keep it right around there.

dampeoples · Apr 3, 2003, 07:02 PM

iMac has a 60GB internal, 26.69 free, and a 60GB FW as a complete backup, so it's relatively the same.
iBook has 10GB internal with around 2GB free, and I have a Firefly 5GB to go along with that with about 100MB free

SSharon · Apr 3, 2003, 07:11 PM

80gb with only 250mb free someone please tell me where I can get a new internal HD for cheap preferably 7200rpm and 8mb cache 80gb or 120gb would be nice.

megasad · Apr 3, 2003, 07:25 PM

iBook's 15GB hard drive is partitioned in two. 4GB for system has 1.35GB free and 10GB for home has 3.3GB free. I also have a 60GB FireWire drive. 10GB and 4GB patitions are backups of what's on my iBook, so are about the same. 1.85GB is for playing with OSs, has about 800MB free. 40GB partition is for storage of huge monster files (applications, movies, music I'm not listening to etc.) and has about 20GB free.

bradoesch · Apr 4, 2003, 01:54 AM

Originally posted by SSharon:
80gb with only 250mb free someone please tell me where I can get a new internal HD for cheap preferably 7200rpm and 8mb cache 80gb or 120gb would be nice.

You've just described the Western Digital Special Edition drives.
I just put their 120 GB drive in my iMac DV. It's been very fast and quiet, but it clicks (spins down and spins up continuously) when the machine is put to sleep. Still trying to resolve this issue, not sure if it affects other computers as well.

mkummer · Apr 4, 2003, 03:30 AM

I have the internal 60 GB of the Quicksilver G4 867 plus an internal 30 GB ATA for use with iTunes / iPOD - but I intend to exchange the whole thing with a new Hitachi IBM 180 GB. One thing is for sure - I never go to partitioning the HD again...

2far · Apr 4, 2003, 03:44 AM

There's a 60 GB drive in my 12" PB, and I intend to leave around 30 GB free for DVD projects, which take up about that amount of space.

On a related note, once again I'd like to express my disappointment that Apple hasn't included support for drives >128 GB a long time ago ...

GORDYmac · Apr 4, 2003, 07:24 AM

Macintosh HD: 40GB
Adam: 25GB
Grace: 17GB

Gotta love expandability.

Gul Banana · Apr 4, 2003, 07:34 AM

1.29 out of 10 free on Macintosh HD
1.28 out of 10 free on Games
.239 out of 15 free on Music
27 out of 80 free on One of One
2.4 out of 80 free on Two of One
57 out of 120 free on external Firewire drive
12 out of 30 free on laptop drive
Games and Music are partitions of the same drive

Total: 101.2 GB free out of 345 GB storage.

Kate · Apr 4, 2003, 07:44 AM

I got an 200GB internal HD, plus 40 GB second drive and old 20 GB backup drive.

External 120GB FireWire drive.

I usually have left 50 % of the external drive and more than 70 % of internal space. However, digital video fills it up considerably from time to time, but thanks to MPEG4 it shrinks back to something bearable after processing. ;-)

ryju · Apr 4, 2003, 07:54 AM

I have exactly 3GB remaining. It was about 7 but then I realized it's just sitting there because I'm afraid to fill it up.
So now it's getting full.

schwachs · Apr 4, 2003, 08:06 AM

I keep my 120gb ext firewire clean for FCP use... clean it and then start again.