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Subject:RE: Partition/Software Question From:barry -dot- kieffer -at- exgate -dot- tek -dot- com To:juliajaj -at- megsinet -dot- com, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Wed, 15 Sep 1999 09:02:22 -0700
Greetings Julie,
Why partition the hard drive at all? It does not gain you any space. It does
not gain you any protection.
I just can not see why it would be of any benefit al all.
For the applications you are planning 6-10 sounds kinda small in August of
1999. 12 - 17 GB is standard, and Dell now ships with 20.4 GB drives.
Don't forget, Office 2000 is maximum bloatware.
I would say, never mind the partitioning of the hard drive, there is no
benefit. Go for the maximum RAM and hard disk drive size you can afford.
Regards,
Barry Kieffer
Senior Technical Writer
Tektronix, Inc.
* Phone: 503.627.4079
* Email: barry -dot- kieffer -at- tek -dot- com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julie Johnston [SMTP:juliajaj -at- megsinet -dot- com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 6:13 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Partition/Software Question
>
> Hello everyone. I have a slightly off-topic question. The company I
> work for will be purchasing new PC's for the tech writing department (8
> writers). The PC's hard drives will be between 6-10 GB. We are trying
> to decide what the most logical partitioning structure would be.
