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I just bought a Mac Pro with 128gb. Is it enough?

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bowlboundgman

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I have my new macbook pro sitting unopened in front of me and I am wondering if it has enough space? This is my third macbook in 12 years. I am currently using 113gb on my old one but I have many unwanted files... I also have a 500mg external drive if need. I really dont want to spend the extra 200 for the larger internal drive. What do you think? I was also thinking about only transferring my photos and music and a few files. I think they will take up about 80gb. What do you think is best? Thanks again for any help!
 
Would be too small for me, is your external drive your backup? If so it should stay as a backup and you should size the machine big enough, or get another drive as backup to both. Money either way, or inconvenience and risk.
 
i got about 55GB left on mine after nearly 2 years. however most of my documents are stored on dropbox, pics on flickr (only the most recent and sorted pics r actually in my iPhoto lib), music on itunes match / spotify as well as videos and more on external drives
 
A good set of common apps uses up about 20gb and leave about 5gb for swaps just in case. Leaves you with about 100gb of storage. That is plenty for a lot of folks and very little for others.

You alone know how much storage you use. Noone can advise you on this.
 
bushido said:
i got about 55GB left on mine after nearly 2 years. however most of my documents are stored on dropbox, pics on flickr (only the most recent and sorted pics r actually in my iPhoto lib), music on itunes match / spotify as well as videos and more on external drives
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Just fyi but Dropbox still keeps your files on your machine as well as the server, it doesnt save any local disk space....
 
After 2 years I still have 89.63GB free however I do use a 1T external for most storage and backups.
 
I normally have a 120GB SSD in my notebooks, mostly due to the hefty price of higher capacity SSD's. It's enough for me. as I only have my OS and programs on my main drive, my media is stored on my NAS. If you use your storage efficiently then you could even manage a 64GB SSD!
 
It wouldn't be nearly enough for me. In a day with large megapixel camera's and HD video's, i would think 256gb is minimum.
 
It's way more than enough for me, and not nearly enough for others. My main computer has a 32 GB SSD.

If you store your photos, music, and videos on an external drive, it should be fine. Those files are usually what take up the most space.
 
repentix said:
I normally have a 120GB SSD in my notebooks, mostly due to the hefty price of higher capacity SSD's. It's enough for me. as I only have my OS and programs on my main drive, my media is stored on my NAS. If you use your storage efficiently then you could even manage a 64GB SSD!
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I can manage a 30GB volume. 😉 Even 20GB.
 
It all depends how you use your computer.

On my first rMBP I specced up the SSD to the max available at the time. (512 GB). I got nowhere near filling it, as I got into the habit of backing up to my NAS as soon as I had an internet connection. This rMBP has a 1TB SSD, but only because it was replaced under AppleCare (they gave me a top spec to replace a top spec.) In reality I could get away with 128 GB.
 
I would be tempted to leave it sealed and get a 256gb it is prudent to run ssd storage nearly full like it will be when you migrate it over.
 
128gb is way too small for a laptop, IMO at least 500gb is required.

i use 200gb for my videos,books,music,apps for my ipad/iphone

then around 50 gb for apps for the laptop including games and software
 
My iTunes library is over 100gb.

256gb is as small as I'd ever recommending - you should plan for usage changes and give yourself room.
 
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