P PaulCostello macrumors member Original poster Mar 23, 2012 53 0 Aug 3, 2012 #1 Im planning to order the 2012 11" 64gb Air. I'm wondering how much free space on SSD do you really have upon first boot up? (I'm assuming it will come preloaded with ML) please let me know. thx
Im planning to order the 2012 11" 64gb Air. I'm wondering how much free space on SSD do you really have upon first boot up? (I'm assuming it will come preloaded with ML) please let me know. thx
throAU macrumors G4 Feb 13, 2012 10,383 8,976 Perth, Western Australia Aug 3, 2012 #2 The OS + iLife will probably take around 10gb. My advice: Don't go 64 gb, unless you plan on replacing it with an aftermarket SSD from OWC fairly soon. 128gb is about the bare minimum you'd want without being extremely space constrained.
The OS + iLife will probably take around 10gb. My advice: Don't go 64 gb, unless you plan on replacing it with an aftermarket SSD from OWC fairly soon. 128gb is about the bare minimum you'd want without being extremely space constrained.
A acastic macrumors regular Jan 6, 2004 145 67 Aug 3, 2012 #3 without deleting anything, you are left with 40GB of usable space after OS X, iLife, and the recovery partition are all accounted for.
without deleting anything, you are left with 40GB of usable space after OS X, iLife, and the recovery partition are all accounted for.
sk8r1230 macrumors 6502 Aug 3, 2010 351 49 Indiana Aug 3, 2012 #4 also if you replace that ssd you can say good bye to your warranty. buy the 128 at least. you wont be disappointed.
also if you replace that ssd you can say good bye to your warranty. buy the 128 at least. you wont be disappointed.
W wolfpuppies3 macrumors 6502 Jun 26, 2012 413 0 Virginia, USA Aug 3, 2012 #5 Um, my iTunes is larger than 64 GB My new MBA has 512 GB SSD