Saturday, April 28, 2007

This Laptop and a Call for Help

Used space: 30 GB
Free space: 5 GB

Looks like I need to manage my space a bit better.

Save my pictures onto a CD and delete them from the hard drive? I checked the properties for My Pictures and that's only 3.2 GB.

Do I have too much music on here? Probably. I currently have about 7 GB of music in my iTunes folder. Should I compress that? If so, how?

Methinks I just need someone cool to sit down with me and help me make this laptop a faster, cooler place to play. I'm broke but not too broke to buy a helpful geek a beer.

5 comments:

  1. i have way too much music on my laptop too. I am always trying to take off music I don't listen to much. That's what you should do. And always make back ups of your photos. :)

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  2. MP3 (or AAC) files are already compressed, they will not compress more. So, you're stuck with 7 gig of files.

    But, here's an idea.

    External HD for storing music files. I have a 500 gig external that right now contains 380 gig of files, after *finally* finishing up converting my CD collection.

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  3. Thanks guys.

    I was thinking external but wanted make sure there wasn't something simpler (cheaper) first.

    Cool. External HD it is.

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  4. Hurple: Sure, that is until your next CD purchase... ;)

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  5. Well, ripping one CD is easier than 2 full Can Am's, which is what I just finished.

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