How much storage should I partition for my MacBook Pro?

[0n3Appl3]

Hi,

I have a MacBook Pro 13" Early 2015 with 256GB of storage, and I am unsure about how much storage should I partition for Bootcamp Windows 10. I am planning to use this for programming in Visual Basic (Going to install Visual Studio 2017 Community). I think the sweet spot is 50-55GB but what do you recommend?

Thanks!

 

[dogslobber]

Well I don’t do VS dev but my Win 10 partition is 50gb. I’d say double that to be safe.

 

[prisstratton]

I have a desktop running Windows 10 that I "maintain", but do not use. On this desktop I installed a standard suite of apps (Office, Photoshop, Lightroom plus a bunch of minor software packages) and I am currently using 80 GB of space with absolutely NO user data (no music, pictures, videos......nothing). So, I think you should go with at least 100 GB.

 

[Crash0veride]

I'd agree 70 minimum. I'm using 81GB on a Bootcamp + Adobe (about 12gb), but your computer really wants a ratio of free and used space for optimal performance.

Really on a disk that small, I would recommend buying an external SSD to run it off (kinda difficult to install onto an external though) or use a virtual machine (adaptively takes up space as needed). Running out of space in a BootCamp is pretty frustrating since it's usually really difficult to add more space later.