Re: USB External Drive on an iMac?

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 Noble <NobleBell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> I just purchased VMWare's Fusion and am intending on using Windows XP
> through it. I have been using the trial version for a couple of weeks
> and really enjoyed it. I have an iMac and plan on using a USB external
> hard drive to host all my Windows files and projects. Can you suggest
> a good brand of drive and/or alternative to this?

If the data you'll be using are of significant size, pay the couple of 
extra bucks for a drive/case with a FireWire interface. The performance 
difference is not trivial and really shows on larger transfers.

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