New 15" PB
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- jeremy_tai
i just got a new 15" powerbook and installed some programs and not it says i have only 3GB free. the computer has a total of 74GB.
any ideas why this is happening (no, i don't think i've used 74 GB)?
- e-pill0
im actually about to purchase one as well. can i ask how much RAM you put in it? and why didnt you get a 17? is the 17 that much better or is it the same?
did you restart? are you reading a disk space on a drive?
- jeremy_tai0
15" is somewhat portable. the 17" is a shoulder killer. i have 2GB RAM. i did a restart.
its strange
- e-pill0
do you have something in the trash? find the files that the puter says is 74gigs.
- madirish0
is it partitioned? could have done this and installed on the smaller side?
- ribit0
- Repair Permissions
- look in Disk Utility
- Get Info on the Disk
- view the disk in List view and go to View Options and turn on Calculate all folder sizes
- download WhatSize
http://www.id-design.com/softwar…
- chant
- visualplane0
Are you sure it's not reading the size of the the folder rather than how much hard drive space is there? Just checking.
- tkmeister0
i tell you what.
send me your pb and i'll take care of your problem.
- visualplane0
I actually dropped my powerbook trying to show off a few months ago. Have a hard time opening it now. Too bad Jeremy didn't name this thread Powerbook Problem 3
- kyl30
get the 15 e-pill
- O_RLY0
get applecare.. fast
- e-pill0
ok. do i max out everything i can on it? is tiger good or bad?
- piperboytoy0
it happened to me before and i re started the computer and everything was fixed. maybe you need to reboot.
- uberdesigner0
apple makes sexy cripple products
- O_RLY0
uber likes sex with cripples
uberdesigner
(Nov 25 05, 10:23)
- e-pill0
what version of illustrator works best with 15 pb OStiger?
- visualplane0
I'm still on panther. I use Illustrator CS with 1.25 gigs of ram. Works fine here.
- madirish0
any version works
get max RAM
i like the 15"
tiger rules
just hit submit dammit before i go insane with all these piecemeal questions!!!jk
:)
- MrDinky0
reformat
that happened to me before
its your particition
start with CD and go to Disk Utility and delete all particptions and reformat
that usually tells you what you really have on your HD
- cinder0
Don't buy RAM from Apple
buy it from Crucial
You have to use Tiger - Panther won't work.
- ad10
e-pill - i just replaced my 15 " powerbook and i would have got the 17" for the screen room - but if you've got to take a train/plane - when you most need your powerbook - there's hardly room to type let alone use a mouse when someone sits next to you. regardless of whether they're a fat knacker or not. (unless you only travel business)