Actual Formatted Capacity Is?

Hey there.
So my school is getting a Mac lab, and in addition to 16 iMacs we're going to get 10 MacBooks. My question, more so request, is that people who have purchased MacBooks post their actual formatted capacity of the drives so I can get a better idea of how much usable space I am dealing with.
Thanks!
P.S. If you feel so inclined, you can post your two cents about how good the MacBook will perform for iLife and possibly Final Cut Express, or any other apps you think the school will use. We will be using them primarily for media. MacBook Pros are too expensive, and the iBooks severely lacked when they were the low cost laptop.
Probable configuration of the (10) MacBooks will be:
2.0GHz Intel Core Duo
1GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x512
80GB Serial ATA drive
SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Keyboard/Mac OS - U.S. English
AirPort Extreme Card & Bluetooth
Subtotal $1,460.00 (Canadian)
Any RAM upgrades in the future are going to be a b^tch because of the symmetrical access..

Hey nice school, is the principal related to any apple founder ? Just kidding...
I am an iLife user since iMovie 2.0 and iTunes 2.0 on MAc OS 9, use iLife '03 on my original eMac 700, '04 on my eMac 1.25, '05 and '06 also on my eMac and '06 in my MacBook also.
to my suprise my eMAc still can handle '06 well up to 1 hour project with plug ins like slick etc. (remember to get one for sweetening your movie class project). And when I run iLife on my MAcBook, it is more responsive (well... compare to my eMAc 1.25) and I manage to create athe same length project more efficently., that is including using the iDVD as well.
iPhoto superb, iTunes,.. well I enjoyed it no speed differ on it compare to my eMac. Garage Band work superb also. Invest Jam PAck if you having music class as well. and invest a pair of decent speaker monitor for each MacBook since the sound output from built in MacBook speaker is thin and nor loud enough.
The only one I never tried is iWeb, since I am not into it and I don't want to have .mac account.
The only concern for me is my 5400 rpm on the HD side, that I afraid will create a dropped frame or hiccup on garage band sound recording, so I always use an external HD (7200 rpm, 8 or 16 mb cache recommended) for my project.
I think it will be a good idea too for your lab, having an external HD for each MacBook or student, so after class, the mac lab supervisor just wipe it or collect all of the external, plug it into his or her iMac, and delete it two HD at a time instead of having walk around and tracing and deleting each MacBook HD project file that could be anywhere if the student save it improperly.
Also invest midi keyboard controler like mAudio or similar one that at least has 21 keys to give the music/recording class a big picture of midi environment and how it is working. Starting from $ 49 and up.
Haven't tried new Final Cut Express, since I stuck with 2.0.2 and I miss one step (Final Cut Express 3) of upgrade before I can upgrade to latest new FCE universal. Can't jump to new FCE it should upgraded from at least FCE 3
Hope this will help make your laboratory more interesting and your principal more confusing with the budget....

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Is this flash unit or hard drive? I want to get a
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