How much disk space necessary for a Mac OS 10.4.7 partition?

I'm planning to replace the stock 80GB HD in my G4 iMac with a 320GB seagate HD. I'll partition it into 3 parts: 1) OS and Apps
2) Music and Photo libraries
3) FCE workspace
How much space should I reserve in the first partition for Mac OS X 10.4.7, iLife 06 and a bunch of additional apps such as iWork, Microsoft Office, Photoshop elements 4, FCE HD 3.5 and Soundtrack and Garageband loops?

How much are you using now? or don't you have those programs currently?
I would go 'backwards' and try to guess what you think you need for #2 and #3.
You also want to leave "ample" space for iDVD to work with temp space for burning etc (32GB).
It is rarely perfect no matter what the partition scheme. And as a drive fills, it tends to bog down as you get to 65% full.
I'll say you are going to need at least 80GB plus 32GB and you still want to have 40GB (half of 80GB) free as well. Or, about half your new drive.
Maybe even another 320GB FW drive for your music and photo libraries would make sense.
One of the reasons I stopped short of buying iMacIntel and went with the Mac Pro. At least 4-5 hard drives, 2-16GB RAM. And FW800 and option to use eSATA at some point.
G4 MDD WD 320 OEM 9600 1.75GB SoftAID 3   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   Mac Pro "soon"

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