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RMBP: Partition almost fully used

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freelancer27

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Hi all,

I just was finally able to install bootcamp andW7 on mrRMBP.
And W7 seems to run pretty smooth at full resolution.

I just have just one big issue:

I made a 50GB partition for W7. Installed W7 and steam and now I have just 9.5GB left of 50GB. WTF!? How come? I thought W7 would just be around 7-9GB big? Where did all my space go?

Thanks for the help.
 
freelancer27 said:
Hi all,

I just was finally able to install bootcamp andW7 on mrRMBP.
And W7 seems to run pretty smooth at full resolution.

I just have just one big issue:

I made a 50GB partition for W7. Installed W7 and steam and now I have just 9.5GB left of 50GB. WTF!? How come? I thought W7 would just be around 7-9GB big? Where did all my space go?

Thanks for the help.
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Ummm Windows 7 is normally around 25-35 GB + your page file, so if you have 8 gb of ram and the steam instal was 2.5 gb that works out to the exact size you listed.

It sounds like you vastly under estimated how big the windows 7 instal really is.
 
Windows 7 is not 25-30GB. Disable the page file and hibernation file and you'll be pretty good to go. If you have the 16GB model, that would definitely do it (as it would allocate 32GB just for paging and hibernation).
 
minnus said:
Windows 7 is not 25-30GB. Disable the page file and hibernation file and you'll be pretty good to go. If you have the 16GB model, that would definitely do it (as it would allocate 32GB just for paging and hibernation).
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So how do I do this?

Yes, I have the 16GB model.
 
Ok,let's get this thing straight.U bought MacBook and u are using bootcamp windows 7.How ****ed is that,man?! :eek: Ok,i would maybe understand this if u need to use win7 for something on mac ?(even if i can't remember one thing) so i noticed u instaled steam,so i'm thinking u are using mac for win 7 and playing games on windows platform which is pretty weird,but ok. I'm just saying,your mac,your shi*t ;),but c'mon.
 
A7ibaba said:
Ok,let's get this thing straight.U bought MacBook and u are using bootcamp windows 7.How ****ed is that,man?! :eek: Ok,i would maybe understand this if u need to use win7 for something on mac ?(even if i can't remember one thing) so i noticed u instaled steam,so i'm thinking u are using mac for win 7 and playing games on windows platform which is pretty weird,but ok. I'm just saying,your mac,your shi*t ;),but c'mon.
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I primarily use Windows 7 on my Air. I think it's pretty weird for you to think it weird for others to have Windows on their Mac.
 
Its weird because u can buy windows 7 laptop under 700$ which run games flawlesly,or to rather say,2-3 times better than any mac. i7,8 GB Ram,GT660 with 2 GB Ram and SSD are pretty common thing on any PC laptop and u don't need to use any parallel virtualization or emulation under OS.
 
A7ibaba said:
Its weird because u can buy windows 7 laptop under 700$ which run games flawlesly,or to rather say,2-3 times better than any mac. i7,8 GB Ram,GT660with 2 GB Ram and SSD are pretty common thing on any PC laptop and u don't need to use any parallel virtualization or emulation under OS.
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but u dont get the form factor of the macbook ;). plus apple looks more professional if necessary to bring into work
 
A7ibaba said:
Its weird because u can buy windows 7 laptop under 700$ which run games flawlesly,or to rather say,2-3 times better than any mac. i7,8 GB Ram,GT660 with 2 GB Ram and SSD are pretty common thing on any PC laptop and u don't need to use any parallel virtualization or emulation under OS.
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Not true.
 
A7ibaba said:
Its weird because u can buy windows 7 laptop under 700$ which run games flawlesly,or to rather say,2-3 times better than any mac. i7,8 GB Ram,GT660 with 2 GB Ram and SSD are pretty common thing on any PC laptop and u don't need to use any parallel virtualization or emulation under OS.
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But then I lose the ability to run OS X if I need/want to.
 
A7ibaba said:
Its weird because u can buy windows 7 laptop under 700$ which run games flawlesly,or to rather say,2-3 times better than any mac. i7,8 GB Ram,GT660 with 2 GB Ram and SSD are pretty common thing on any PC laptop and u don't need to use any parallel virtualization or emulation under OS.
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Just because someone needs to use Windows on their Mac doesn't mean they should buy a Windows machine instead. Chances are that there's a few Windows programs that they need to run, and the fact that you can do that on a Mac is really convenient. Why have an extra Windows machine if you don't need it?
 
A7ibaba said:
Its weird because u can buy windows 7 laptop under 700$ which run games flawlesly,or to rather say,2-3 times better than any mac. i7,8 GB Ram,GT660 with 2 GB Ram and SSD are pretty common thing on any PC laptop and u don't need to use any parallel virtualization or emulation under OS.
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Why should I pay additional $700 for an ugly plastic brick when I can also play games at similar settings using my work RMBP with its much better screen? Really, some of you people just have too much money... now, I would understand your confusion if the RMBP was used for gaming only, which it clearly is not. And bootcamp is not virtualization, Windows is natively supported on Apple computers since a long time now.

And btw, good luck finding a windows laptop with same level of performance as the RMBP for $700. Over $1000 is more likely.

P.S. Why am I even answering you? :/
 
leman said:
Why should I pay additional $700 for an ugly plastic brick when I can also play games at similar settings using my work RMBP with its much better screen? Really, some of you people just have too much money... now, I would understand your confusion if the RMBP was used for gaming only, which it clearly is not. And bootcamp is not virtualization, Windows is natively supported on Apple computers since a long time now.

And btw, good luck finding a windows laptop with same level of performance as the RMBP for $700. Over $1000 is more likely.

P.S. Why am I even answering you? :/
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Exactly
 
Why do bootcamp threads always turn into fanboy arguments? OP just wants to know what gives with all of this space taken up, let him do what he wants with his machine, he doesn't need to be chastised for it.

I am doing a similar thing, but I just moved the entire steam installation over to an external usb3 ssd, and I run the games off of that. It feels just as fast and it saves space on the internal drive.
 
minnus said:
Page file (virtual memory)

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Change-the-size-of-virtual-memory

Hibernation:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920730
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This will be quite necessary if I end up using bootcamp for games once I get my 16gig RMBP. (Would rather use VMs.) Thank you very much.

Freyqq said:
Get an external USB 3 drive and put all the games on that
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This, because just TF2 is like ~10+ gigs. Plus IIRC, you can plop all of Steam on the thumb drive and to run it off either a VM or bootcamp. One install, two environments, zero space on main storage.
 
So, I think that sounds like a good idea to me.

I will get an external USD drive and put Steam and all games on it. Should be fast enough for everything right?!

It is actually pretty funny how people can get upset if someone chooses to use Windows on a Macbook...haha
 
Nah,i just find it ridiculous since i'm thinking just opposite.I buy macbook because of OSX and not because of hardware,because i find macbook hardware pretty overpriced and underpowered compared to usual PC laptops in the same price range.
 
A7ibaba said:
Ok,let's get this thing straight.U bought MacBook and u are using bootcamp windows 7.How ****ed is that,man?! :eek: Ok,i would maybe understand this if u need to use win7 for something on mac ?(even if i can't remember one thing) so i noticed u instaled steam,so i'm thinking u are using mac for win 7 and playing games on windows platform which is pretty weird,but ok. I'm just saying,your mac,your shi*t ;),but c'mon.
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I spend most of my day on my 27" Core i7 iMac under Window if I'm running a game. I also have Office installed so it runs no differently for doing work and browsing either.
 
A7ibaba said:
Nah,i just find it ridiculous since i'm thinking just opposite.I buy macbook because of OSX and not because of hardware,because i find macbook hardware pretty overpriced and underpowered compared to usual PC laptops in the same price range.
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Then you have little understanding of what constitutes "hardware". The Engineering of a product like the Macbook Pro Retinas not only include hardware you can not get anywhere else, which is a combination of the "specs & #s", but the cooling system, dimensions, build quality, and screen quality.

In fact, if you want any PC laptop with a comparable Macbook Pro screen quality, you're going to be paying the same money + getting the plastic leftovers.
 
Not being a 'businessman' like yourself, I can't afford buying multiple computers for each different piece of software I use. If you want or can to dish out $1000 for a gaming machine in addition to the one you use for your work, good for you. I want to have a single machine which works well enough for all my needs. Incidentally, the Mac can play the games I enjoy just fine while current Windows offerings do not work well enough for the type of work I do. And if your 'businessman' brain is not big enough to understand this simple state of affairs, well, you should probably consult a specialist. But I forgot, you are a 'businessman', you reside within your own tiny perfect world...
 
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