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Anyone regret only getting 256GB SSD?

I run multiple vitual machines but mostly linux installs and a single win7. Have settled into approx 90GB spare on my 256GB so I think this will do for the moment.
I have a lot of my archive files on my home network drives so that saves a lot and I think with a little housekeeping and categorising of your data you will keep the usage of your 256GB down.

However, having said that I do note that OWC have been tinkering with upgrading the SSD drives so that may become an option in the future if you want to upgrade the SSD yourself - I will definitely be keeping an eye:
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I hate lugging around extra hard drives to job sites and then losing them. USB drives are short on performance for video work and image editing. I traded in my 256GB in for a 512 and was much happier not having to work around iTunes and Photo library constraints. I am even happier now with my current 1TB SSD as, at the moment, I'm using close to 600 GB for everyday data... and thats without any video archives.... and operating without concern for local drive space.
 
I have mid 2012 15 in retina 256 16gb. I have parallels and have about 29gb free. I am contemplating whether to buy 2014 model 512 or get a 512 on current model. I thought this whole cloud thing would work for me but seem like dropbox and google drive has a folder on the computer to upload so it does not save any space but uses it. Maybe you guys know how to get it in the cloud but not my computer. I have a 32gb usb flash but for cloud to work has to be on machine. I think I am not experience enough to get this problem solved. Any suggestions cause it is only a matter of time before I start deleting some cloud folders and really to solve my problem get something. Wonder how much faster or better 2014 is from 2012?
 
It depends on what you use it for. My drive is usually half empty at any given time. The price that some 512's cost now is close to what 256 cost about two years ago, so it shouldn't be a big issue, if you have that much to spend.
 
No matter how large your hhd is (ssd internal) you will always have to manage data, especially if you have movies, photos, and lossless music.

If you are happy to keep them external, great, save $500. If not, get the larger hd.

I limit my data (delete crappy photos and limit to 300 album), have my music and photos on my Mac Pro. And use 100 gb for windows boot camp.

This is so I could use it when I am overseas/ out and about. And play games when I am bored. :)
So I got the 512 ssd.
 
i did, but then the next week i exchanged it for the high end model which had 512 and 16gb of ram
 
Not at all. Helps me manage my space more efficiently, which in turn keeps my hard drive nice and clean. Also I like to use externals for most of my stuff, and my internal as a boot drive only.
 
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Apart from productivity and development applications (various IDEs and development frameworks), my main space requirement is for Virtual Machines and a Windows partition. I need about 60GB for Windows 7, and would like to be able to have c. 100GB dedicated for Linux Virtual Machines. I think there are real advantages to running the VMs on the internal SSD rather than by external USB 3 disks (even if these are SSDs) - I don't know whether Thunderbolt externals would be better, but they are still too expensive!

Provided I can get all of my Apps and personal data on the remaining 70GB or so left (assuming Mac OS X requires about 20GB), I will be fine. This does require keeping on top of tidying up the file system though - I guess it depends on how organised one is!

My view is that my data is a lot more valuable that the actual computer, so I like to have this on robust and redundant storage rather than solely on a laptop with a TM backup. I have a NAS with RAID 1 disks at home, and use Dropbox & GoogleDrive quite a lot and a second tier backup for critical data.

I'm probably answering my own question - but I guess I can make it work with 256GB. The only downside is the time spend in data maintenance - so my real question is whether the cost of a larger SSD is worth the time saved in frequent clean-ups.
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I personally would go for 512GB because it's better in the long run and easier to sell later on, but it depends on what your using it for.

I regret getting 256HDD because in 5 years time for me ( documents, pictures, downloads) was all used up.
 
i have the 512, and I've currently used 200 and this for school, and photo. Only 3k photos. if you can get the 512, get it
 
Nope. Especially with the abundance of affordable external drives and cloud storage options.
 
The speed boast for the 256gb is worth the upgrade. Based on my usage, I only use about 128gb for OSX, so I could survive just fine with less. However, I dual boot OSX and windows, so each needs enough space. Anything media/photo related is on an external USB 3 drive, and none of that really benefits from 700+ MB/s read and write speeds.
 
I would never suggest less than 512GB for anyone who wanted to put more than one operating system on their rMBP.

But for a "normal" user only using OSX, external storage is cheap enough and fast enough to keep only your operating system files within a 256GB system drive and use external storage for everything else.
 
I've been fine with a 256 GB SSD in my 2011 MBP. I only upgraded to a drive with more space because the drive I used had no Sandforce controller (or GC tech). Depending on your needs, you could likely get by with a USB HDD.
 
I purchased my rMBP with 256GB and I don't think I would've done it any different. The price difference is large enough to get yourself a 3 / 4TB external drive that will suit you for everything else - which I did.
 
The jury is still out here.

It is going to force me to be better about picture management and general collecting of crap. I have a variety of external drives already, so I'm good there.

I bought a refurb so the price was nice, and I love it already, but not having 512 is haunting me.

Oh well, time to organize files!
 
Put it this way - I don't regret getting a 256GB but I would probably have regretted getting a 128GB 13"

So basically, no.
 
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