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    From Matthew Munson@VERT/IUTOPIA to All on Sun Jun 14 10:54:00 2026
    It seems most apps take up 500mb/1gb of space now. Its perverse. I do feel like I should get a 8TB HDD
    to use the non SSD type apps. So if its music/digital books etc.

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  • From Robert Wolfe@VERT/KLYNTAR to Matthew Munson on Mon Jun 15 07:38:00 2026
    It seems most apps take up 500mb/1gb of space now. Its perverse. I do feel

    And Windows itself even more.

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  • From fusion@VERT/CFBBS to Robert Wolfe on Tue Jun 16 14:34:00 2026
    On 15 Jun 2026, Robert Wolfe said the following...

    It seems most apps take up 500mb/1gb of space now. Its perverse. I do f

    And Windows itself even more.

    you can possibly salvage some by turning off "fast startup" .. it keeps a giant file about equivalent to your total ram on the root of the windows drive.

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  • From Matthew Munson@VERT/IUTOPIA to ROBERT WOLFE on Tue Jun 16 19:24:00 2026
    On 6/15/2026 7:38 AM, ROBERT WOLFE wrote to Matthew Munson:

    It seems most apps take up 500mb/1gb of space now. Its perverse. I do feel

    And Windows itself even more.
    I am thinking an off-lease pc with linux might be a winner.


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  • From nelgin@VERT/EOTLBBS to Matthew Munson on Sat Jul 11 16:28:31 2026
    Re: Space efficency
    By: Matthew Munson to All on Sun Jun 14 2026 10:54:00

    It seems most apps take up 500mb/1gb of space now. Its perverse. I do feel like I should get a 8TB HDD
    to use the non SSD type apps. So if its music/digital books etc.

    For storage of music I have a pair of 8TB hard drives in an LVM mirror. Access is pretty quick. Obviously writing takes a little longer but you would never really notice is, plus its much cheaper per gb.

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