I just bought an iBook with 30 gigs and I only have 8 gigs free...two weeks later. And I still haven't ripped all my CDs... P > > As a rule of thumb, you need to leave at least 500MB or more available. > I usually just leave at least 5-10% of my HD free and clear. If I'm > routinely running on less than 10% free space, it's time for a bigger > drive and/or more organisation/offloading less-used stuff.