How many GB to put to my winXP partition?

[bmansports17]

Hello everyone
After cleaning up old files and stuff I have managed to give my macbook 42 GB free.
I am planning on using bootcamp to do a partition with windows xp.
I am only really planning on using my windows side for games such as Guild Wars or Runes of Magic.
I am not really sure how many games ill have on this side. As of now i am only planning on installing one game.
So, how many GB should i put to my windows side?
thanks

 

[BlueRevolution]

I use MacDrive on Windows and install all of my games to a HFS-formatted external drive, so size is moot. A basic Windows install is about 10 GB, so add the required disk space of any games you plan to put on there and add about 20% breathing space.

 

[bmansports17]

So according to BlueRevolution windows will take about 10GB itself, plus Runes of Magic taking 5.3GB
I am thinking maybe 20-25 GB?
anybody else agree or disagree?
and thanks BlueRevolution

 

[CJS7070]

30 should suffice. Just as long as you still have room on the OS X partition.

 

[BlueRevolution]

Bear in mind that Mac OS X likes a bit of breathing space, too.

 

[bmansports17]

If ive got 42GB free is 30GB a good amount to put to windows?
Or will i want more to the Mac side?
Thanks for the responses guys

 

[Patrick J]

12GB isn't that much for Mac: imagine if you want to have 5 movies and some more music, that's most of that space gone.

I would just go for 25.. You will be stuck for space on either side.

 

[surflordca]

I use MacDrive on Windows and install all of my games to a HFS-formatted external drive, so size is moot. A basic Windows install is about 10 GB, so add the required disk space of any games you plan to put on there and add about 20% breathing space.

If you can afford this, consider what Blue Revolution does...