How many gigs is enough for the boot camp partition installing WIN XP?
U unixufan macrumors newbie Original poster Jun 7, 2009 21 0 Toronto,ON Jun 7, 2009 #1 How many gigs is enough for the boot camp partition installing WIN XP?
komiothebeat macrumors 6502 Jul 8, 2008 398 5 Corona, CA Jun 7, 2009 #2 i think you can get it down to 5gb, but thats if you arent going to install anthing big
A aaronw1986 macrumors 68030 Oct 31, 2006 2,622 10 Jun 7, 2009 #3 Use the search function. You don;t even provide enough information of what you are going to install or use it for,
Use the search function. You don;t even provide enough information of what you are going to install or use it for,
U unixufan macrumors newbie Original poster Jun 7, 2009 21 0 Toronto,ON Jun 7, 2009 #4 aaronw1986 said: Use the search function. You don;t even provide enough information of what you are going to install or use it for, Click to expand... I'm gonna run forex trading software , that's it.
aaronw1986 said: Use the search function. You don;t even provide enough information of what you are going to install or use it for, Click to expand... I'm gonna run forex trading software , that's it.
LtRammstein macrumors 6502a Jun 20, 2006 570 0 Denver, CO Jun 8, 2009 #5 I'd put at least 30GB into. My reasoning is that whenever someone says, "I'm only using 1 app," is wrong. They tend to start filling things up.
I'd put at least 30GB into. My reasoning is that whenever someone says, "I'm only using 1 app," is wrong. They tend to start filling things up.
A areusche macrumors regular Jun 24, 2008 168 1 Jun 8, 2009 #6 You could install Vmware or Parallels for something like this. That way your HD isn't mangled up and you can use some of the nifty snapshot utilities in case the VM gets borked.
You could install Vmware or Parallels for something like this. That way your HD isn't mangled up and you can use some of the nifty snapshot utilities in case the VM gets borked.