Whats the difference btwn 320gb & 500gb hard drive??

180GB 🙂

sajam wrote:

Ive been told it is cheap to get a bigger hard drive when you first order but Apple will charge a lot later (you pay parts & labor)...

Yes, users tend to collect stuff like pack rats. So the larger the drive is up front the less often it has to be replaced.

However we can still do it ourselves and not violate the warranty/Apple Care as long as there isn't any damage, they won't cover it of course.

Also I heard that your external hard drive should be double the regular hard drive..but they dont sell them in 640gb? I guess thats because Time Machine makes copies of everything multiple times.

More than double as TM keeps changes of cetain files that were changed so you can retireve earlier versions, to a certain point of course.

Anyway , just was curious of the hard drive and what experienced Mac users have found...How much hard drive do you use?

I use a hold option bootable clone, so my external hard drive only has to be the size of my internal boot drive, but it can be larger.

so if I start taking a lot of photos and videos, wont it fill up quickly?

Heck yes, especially HD video.

Well I am using a stock 320GB HD here is the breakdown for me since May of 2010

This is the breakdown of my 320GB so far that I'm rebuilding, stay tuned it's going to get intersting. 😉