- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
MacBook pro storage recommendations
Posted on 1/12/17 at 10:31 am
Posted on 1/12/17 at 10:31 am
Looking at picking up a refurbished MacBook pro (circa mid-2105) with the "256 PCIe-based flash storage" option. I've never owned a Mac, so I'm wondering what the minimum drive space needs to be. My current Dell laptop has a 512 drive, but I only use about half of it.
I would primarily be doing simple photo editing (using the MacOS) and some web development running a Windows 10 WM.
Also, what are the external drive options, in case I want to store alot of digital media?
thanks for any advice ...
I would primarily be doing simple photo editing (using the MacOS) and some web development running a Windows 10 WM.
Also, what are the external drive options, in case I want to store alot of digital media?
thanks for any advice ...
3
Posted on 1/12/17 at 10:37 am to DrewTheEngineer
What does most of your current storage consist of? Music? Movies? Pictures?
Posted on 1/12/17 at 10:42 am to TrebleHook
Other than the OS and software, the only thing i would store would be photos and videos via iCloud. If I could configure iCloud to sync photos/videos to an external drive, that would be fine. I'm just not familiar with the Mac ecosystem.
Posted on 1/12/17 at 11:12 am to DrewTheEngineer
You can probably go with the smallest drive but the 256 should be plenty. Once your pictures upload to iCloud it only keeps a very low res version on your computer (if you set it up to do this). When you go to look at the picture or use it it downloads the high res version. Mac does a pretty good job of optimizing space.
Posted on 1/12/17 at 2:27 pm to DrewTheEngineer
I'd probably go with 512 GB. The Windows partition will be at lest 10 GB. The Win 7 partition on my MacBook Air was ~30 GB if I remember correctly.
Posted on 1/12/17 at 3:38 pm to DrewTheEngineer
Get the 256GB SSD and use a 1TB external HDD to store media on. You should be able to find one for under $60 and you can have the best of both worlds.
Page 1 of 1
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News