Re: USB External Drive on an iMac?

On Jun 24, 6:42=A0pm, Gregory Weston <u...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> =A0Noble <NobleB...@[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?
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> 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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Thanks for the insight. I will look into that.