How much space does MacOS + Windows take?

[Momo13Drums]

Hi, sorry if this question is stupid; as I've never owned a mac. About to get my first MBP ever. I'm pretty decided right now on the 2.6/512/16/560x.

My concern is that part of the appeal is that I can run both MacOS as well as Windows off of bootcamp, right? How much space would I be taking on the SSD between both OS installs?

 

[Easyflyer]

The only way you're going to get a true read is from someone who wrote the numbers down with a fresh copy of OS-X and a fresh installing of Windows 10. I've got a Parallels Windows 10 on my on my MBA and a Bootcamp installation on my '13 iMac with Windows 10. Hard drive space is not an issue with either of them. The ONLY reason I have Windows 10 on either computer is I prefer MS Office in the Windows edition although most of the ratings give the nod to the OS-X edition of Office.

 

[mlody]

Hi, sorry if this question is stupid; as I've never owned a mac. About to get my first MBP ever. I'm pretty decided right now on the 2.6/512/16/560x.

My concern is that part of the appeal is that I can run both MacOS as well as Windows off of bootcamp, right? How much space would I be taking on the SSD between both OS installs?

I just finished installing a brand new Windows 10 Pro 64bit inside VMware Fusion 8. With 2 vCPUs and 4 GB assigned and fully patched, the OS consumed 13.7 GB of disk space at this moment. I do not have anything else installed.

As far as the macOS, I can't tell for sure, but I would say it is about the same (under 20 GB) for basic install out of the box.

 

[Mr. Dee]

You need to keep in mind, as future updates are installed for the operating system and not just the OS bundled apps; you will need to have enough room to grow. Microsoft recommends a minimum of around 16 to 20 GBs, but a realistic size would be 64 to 128 GBs. Obviously will be installing your own apps, but you likely will be storing file in the Boot Camp partition too.