Lion + Dev Tools on a little MBA

November 7, 2011 3:56 PM

Can anyone who has one tell me how much disk space OSX Lion plus Developer Tools leaves free on a 128Gb SSD MacBook Air? I'm no longer sure I ever had any google-fu (or else the spam answer sites are strong on this one...) - thanks in advance!
posted by cromagnon to Computers & Internet (6 answers total)

It works fine if you don't have a music, movie, or photo library. I did it happily for about 6 months.
posted by alms at 4:00 PM on November 7, 2011

Best answer: ~90GB. I just set one up myself.
posted by ConstantineXVI at 4:05 PM on November 7, 2011

also, depending on your needs, you can install this: GCC without xcode. It should save a bunch of space.
posted by Freen at 4:27 PM on November 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Perfect - thanks!
posted by cromagnon at 5:11 PM on November 7, 2011

Make sure to throw out "Install Xcode" once you've installed it if you're running tight on disk; you don't need it after installing and it takes up a few GB on it's own. Think the only benefit to keeping it is you don't have to do a full re-download for updates (which is worth thinking about if you've got tightly-metered broadband).
posted by ConstantineXVI at 6:14 PM on November 7, 2011

Probably less than 90 GB, that's how much I've used on my MBAir (1 month old) and I've got a a bunch of other stuff on there.
posted by furtive at 7:42 PM on November 7, 2011