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mmzplanet

macrumors regular
Original poster
Nov 4, 2004
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Florida
I need Windows for one thing only... FS2004. I have a new MacBook with an 80GB HDD. How large should I make the Windows Partition. Since it is a single purpose windows install I wanna keep it as minimal as possible to leave all the space possible for OS X.

Any reccomendations?
 

ghall

macrumors 68040
Jun 27, 2006
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Rhode Island
FS2004 (is that Flight Simulator 2004?) is around 3GB, and the minumum recommended disk space for Windows XP is 5 GB. I'd go with 10GB just to be safe.

Happy piloting.
 

rspeaker

macrumors 6502
Jan 1, 2006
276
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I'd say it depends on how many third-party downloads you plan. I've downloaded dozens of planes (some for my VA,) Squawkbox, Teamspeak, and then some FS add-ons. I have a 10GB partition; it's got about 9.3GB used.

Most of the files I have on the partition are related to FS9, as it is the only application I want/need Windows for. Though, I also have Firefox, and MSN and AIM. If you're planning on downloading planes and whatnot, I'd suggest 15GB.
 
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