Point being, I said 2012.. 8gb of ram is $30-$40.. You're acting like someone who was just introduced to other OS's and it being 2005. Choose depending on features and what you need, windows is not bloated on current standards in any manner. And unless you plan on setting up a raid configuration, or simply need the extra space on another HDD, then it's not worth doing since partitioning is extremely simple and easy. I'm not sure what your current HDD capacity is though, but most OS's including Windows Vista/7/8 aren't that big.. HDDs on the other hand are at least double the price they were last year, 1tb HDD is about $100 atm, and almost everything else is $30-$80 regardless of the size. Sticking with a single 1tb HDD would really be all you need for multiple os's, partitions, tons of media, unless of course you need the room for something specific.
