• @fl42v@lemmy.ml
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    485 months ago

    *ssd. HDDs are somewhat good for storing large amounts of data, and the os ain’t it (unless windows, probably)

    • @Letstakealook@lemm.ee
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      225 months ago

      I have a 256gb ssd for the os since windows likes to devour hardrive space for reasons unclear to me, a 2tb ssd for games and other applications I need to move quickly, and a 2tb hdd for general storage. It all works pretty well together.

      • @M500@lemmy.ml
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        135 months ago

        macOS is pretty bad about using up storage space. There are always huge 10gb+ cache files for cloud related stuff. Even if I’m like, don’t store it locally.

        I’ve not used macOS in years, so many that issue has been resolved.

        • @MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
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          35 months ago

          That reminds me of when I used to have an iPhone and needed to free up storage, and there was this cursed mysterious “other data” block that took up like a majority of it.

          • @M500@lemmy.ml
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            25 months ago

            I’m sure it’s the exact same thing happening in both operating systems.

            It’s just clouded cache files that need to be cleaned up.

          • @M500@lemmy.ml
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            45 months ago

            I still prefer it over windows. If it were not for their absurd pricing, I’d have a MacBook Air over my thinkpad.

            I’d much prefer to run Linux, but I’ve yet to find a way to do my main work task on something other than Mac or windows.

            • @Zangoose@lemmy.world
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              25 months ago

              Honestly if it weren’t for the headache of some software still not ported over to arm 4 years later, Macs would be pretty good for software development since they have a lot of the POSIX tooling.

              For the same reason I have windows so that games will “just work,” I have Linux so my programming setup will “just work.” Low level languages like C/C++ are so much easier to work with on Linux.