MBP hard drive question

Hey all just a quick question. I recently bought the 160 gig MBP and have only installed a few apps, like MS office, and 5 gigs of music, but when I checked my memory it said capacity was 111gigs and 88 left. I know you never get exactly the memory as listed but mine seems 50 gigs short, as the capacity is only 111 gigs. Any help would be appreciated.

thanks all.

Happy 2008 to all.

 

That's definitely not right...if the capacity was 111 GBs, it seems you may have a 120 GB hard drive. Did you buy this from Apple, or through someone else?

Also, are you absolutely sure the model you have had a 160 GB hard drive with it? The 2.2 GHz MBP comes with a 120 GB hard drive, not 160...so maybe you have a 120 GB.

 

I agree with sam. Default OS X takes up about 10-12 gigs, with Office, your music and a few other things you probably have installed, 88 sounds about right.

But double check your receipt and also click on your apple icon on the upper left, and go to about this mac and then more info.
On your sys info screen, select Serial-ATA (under the Hardware tree) and give us the model number for the drive.

 

wow you are right it is 120 gig, while I am no computer guru, thats pretty low for the price tag Apple puts on these things. I love Mac, but in the marketplace right now 120g is not really competitive. But thats ok cause I love this machine, the whole package rocks, and to move away from vista its well worth it.

thanks all, much appreciated.

 

120 is standard for most laptops. Then again, you are going to pay a premium for the mac.

But god is it a headache to replace the HDD in the MBP. Not fun... Not fun at all.

 

Yeah Macs are pricey. But keep in mind you get the full version of iLife, instead of a bunch of crappy trial software that slow down your computer, and you also get kick-ass customer service and support. You're also paying a premium for its compact size.

 

And the kickass backlit keyboard, led backlight, and steve jobs' aroma when you unbox it. The last bit accounts for most of the extra price.

 

I really did LOL on that. a lot.

Yup, iLife, OS X and a generally stable environment. Worth it IMHO.

 

yeah it is very very difficult to capture Mr. Jobs and extract his scent to embed in the packaging.

Apple should start mentioning it in the advertising.

did you order the machine with a 160gb HDD? or just assume it came with it?

 

There's really no one capacity that's "standard for most laptops". Anything from 80 gb - 250 gb is pretty easy to come by right now.

Anyway, while most vendors like Dell and HP update specs and pricing almost continuously, Apple generally updates it only once every six months or so. So when it's first updated, it's usually very price-competitive. At the end of the cycle, it's not. Apple last updated the MBP... when... June, I think? So, yeah, hardware-wise it's not exactly a steal right now. It wouldn't surprise me if they were to bump the specs soon in conjunction with Macworld, or when Penryn becomes available... whichever comes later I guess.

 

I meant that 120 is the popular default choice. I was just on Dell and HP's sites, most come default with a 120 gb hdd.

 

agreed with swarmer. apple tends to keep high end pricing regardless of market fluctuations.

in june comparably equipped pc laptops cost the same amount of money.

now, they cost less, but when the mbp is updated shortly it will once again match new pc laptop prices (although the price tag will not change)

 

Yeah. Must have been odd for apple to move from a model where they seldom had to upgrade their machines to having to upgrade at least twice a year.

 

Haha, good one. That's probably their next big product. "Steve" by Apple Inc.

 

What's more scary is that people buy MBPs and not know what they're buying (what hard drive they got!).

 

I knew what hard drive I received, but I was working back and forth from my mbp and my brother's 160g mb, so in the moment I thought they were the same. I am well aware of what I bought, just got it mixed up.