Well, I remember 30 and 40 MB disks being big, but never enormous. It just took a lot of floppies to fill them :) And floppies themselves I never remember to have been considered big either.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Gleeson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 3:10 PM Subject: Re: Disk Space > On Tuesday, Mark asked: > ... I was wondering whats a useable > amount of disk space on a mac running say os 8 or 9.... > > On my 7600\132, I have a 1.2 Gig HD and a 3.2 Gig HD. The 1.2 is > what came with the machine, and it has the system (8.6) and most of > the apps on it. I still have about 300 Meg of space. I just got toe > 3.2 a few months ago, and it isn't even close to being stuffed. I'd > say that unless you were doing a lot of video work, the smaller > (relatively speaking) drives will do nicely. > > BTW, does anyone else remember when a 20 Meg HD was BIG and a 40 Meg > HD ENORMOUS? However did we fill all that space? ;-) > > Chris Gleeson > Wawa, Ontario > > http://wawa.cc > > -- > PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! > <http://www.applelinks.com> > -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
