In news:7ahuveF1vi97dU1@mid.individual.net,
olfart typed on Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:46:13 -0400:
> I should have been a little more specific about Win7. I'm just
> starting to get into it to the point where I can start to chop some
> fat. On my homebuilt 3.2gb 4gb RAM box my win 7 basic installation is
> about 9.6gb. There
> is a 2,2gb page file, 1.6 hibernate file and a .5gb file called
> backup....which i assume is system restore. Getting rid of these
> could knock it down to about 5.4gb. And I'm sure there are other files
> I could trim once I have
> time to fool with it. The 8gb and 4.5-5gb figures are some I read
> somewhere and I'm using them for a target. The 8gb for
> installation(temp) files might be closer to 10 to 14 gb depending on
> who you talk to. I also installed it on an old Dell C610 laptop and
> without any modifcations yet....except running in best performance
> mode to cut down the eye candy....and it reuns very well.
> Haven't had a chance to try out alot of the features yet, but so far I
> really like it....as opposed to Vista...which I now use as an
> expensive coaster(:>). Some of the features like email, etc are left
> out of the basic install and you can d/l them if you wish or use your
> own progs. Am into some other home projects right now, but plan to get
> back on
> Win7 in a few weeks.

Oh! It sounds like I should order a cheap 16GB MLC SSD, install, trim,
and image. Then throw on a 8G SLC SSD.

--
Bill
Windows XP Home SP3 (5.1.2600)
Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC