Ione, Tiger and Leopard like lots of space, so it's the same thing. Unless you're running more than one operating system, or a specific program that needs a separate partition for file storage, or you feel very strongly about creating separate partitions for specific purposes, a laptop HDD works better without partitioning, at least IMHO. Either way, the bigger the HDD, the better.
Best, Felix P.S. You piqued my curiosity about albino dobermans, although that's a conversation for a different forum... :-) On Dec 8, 11:11 am, Ione Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, I may do exactly that! > > But you make me curious. You say "if you're only running Tiger". > Well.....I'm thinking of moving to a Macbook Pro, which obviously > would be running 10.5 . If I did, would there be an advantage in > partitioning it? > > On Dec 8, 2008, at 10:02 AM, Ashgrove wrote: > > > > > > > Ione, > > > If you're only runing Tiger, don't bother with partitioning. Just back > > up you data regularly (to another HD, to DVDs). And run a utility like > > Onyx (freeware) once a week to keep your system tight and prevent data > > corruption. > > > Good luck! > > > On Dec 8, 1:00 am, Ione Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Sorry, I should have specified -- Pismo, 500 MHz. I know that I don't > >> have the 8 gb limitation. > > >> It'll be running 10.4.11 . I have temporarily (I hope!) misplaced one > >> of my install disks, which is the only reason I haven't formatted the > >> drive yet! > > >> What I'm concerned about is losses in speed from data being scattered > >> across the whole disk. Also, possible data corruption -- if one > >> partition is corrupted the data in other partitions will still be > >> safe, but if there's no partitions all the data may be lost. > > >> On Dec 7, 2008, at 11:43 PM, Ashgrove wrote: > > >>> Ione, > > >>> That depends on several things, the first of which would be what > >>> kind > >>> of machine you have. If you have an Old World Mac, you have to > >>> make an > >>> 8 GB boot partition, like Brian points out, for each operating > >>> system > >>> you want to boot from. > > >>> If it's New World (the Lombard and the clamshell iBooks are the > >>> first > >>> NW ones, if I remember correctly), then it depends on how many > >>> operating systems you want to install. I don't see any other > >>> point to > >>> partitioning, other than that and, in some bigger drives, just a way > >>> to organize your data, AFAIK. > > >>> Hope it helps. > > >>> Felix > > >> -- > > >> Ione Smith > >> East TN Doberman Rescue > >> --http://[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> -- 865-776-7636 > >> Facts About Albino Dobermans > >> --http://www.whitedobes.com > > >> Speak truth to power -- old Quaker principle > > -- > > Ione Smith > East TN Doberman Rescue > --http://www.etdr.org-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- 865-776-7636 > Facts About Albino Dobermans > --http://www.whitedobes.com > > Speak truth to power -- old Quaker principle --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
