Triple boot laptop

[Tony]

Matthew Clarke wrote:
> david is right, I just checked my 20GB vista partition and there is 
> only 3GBs free.  grrr...  I don't use windows for much anymore, so 
> that's with a fairly small software package as well...
>
> cheers,
> MC
>
> On 6/3/07, *sportking1 at comcast.net <mailto:sportking1 at comcast.net>* 
> <sportking1 at comcast.net <mailto:sportking1 at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>     I would do, if possible, 25 for XP/LInux and 40 for Vista
>     with all the garbage they make you install, 20 GB isn't going to
>     let you have room for any big programs like Flight Sim X or
>     photoshop. I tried myself to install vista on a 30GB drive from my
>     old computer and i filled it in a matter of weeks.
>
>     --
>     Sincerly,
>     David Bruk
>
>      -------------- Original message ----------------------
>     From: "Matthew Clarke" <mj3clark at gmail.com
>     <mailto:mj3clark at gmail.com>>
>     > I do 10GB for XP and Ubuntu.  And I've heard that 20GB is
>     suitable for
>     > Vista.
>     >
>     > Of course all my data is on a separate partition.  (FAT32)
>     >
>     > Cheers,
>     > MC
>     >
>     > On 6/2/07, Pete Holsberg < pjh42 at pobox.com
>     <mailto:pjh42 at pobox.com>> wrote:
>     > >
>     > > I'm on the verge of buying a Windows Vista laptop but would
>     like to be
>     > > able to boot to Win XP and Linux.
>     > >
>     > > What partition sizes do you think would be reasonable?
>     > >
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>     Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 01:32:14 +0000
>     Subject: Re: Triple boot laptop
>     I do 10GB for XP and Ubuntu.  And I've heard that 20GB is suitable
>     for Vista.
>
>     Of course all my data is on a separate partition.  (FAT32)
>
>     Cheers,
>     MC
>
>     On 6/2/07, * Pete Holsberg* <pjh42 at pobox.com
>     <mailto:pjh42 at pobox.com>> wrote:
>
>         I'm on the verge of buying a Windows Vista laptop but would
>         like to be
>         able to boot to Win XP and Linux.
>
>         What partition sizes do you think would be reasonable?
>
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> Matthew Clarke 
Yea Vista is a real drive hog I can get XP installed with most  i need 
"I rarley use it"
on 15 gigs with 4.5 gigs to spare, Vista on the other hand took almost 
20 Gigs of a 30 gig partion so nearly twice as much as XP.