I'm currently testing a setup with a Macbook Pro, using a VMWare Fusion Windows 7 VM from an external USB drive. The external drive is 7200rpm but is a tad slow. I would like to know if getting a 5400rpm external drive over FireWire 800 would make working with the VM much snappier.
Here is the drive: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/LaCie+-+Rugged+500GB+External+FireWire+and+USB+2.0+Portable+Hard+Drive/1415254.p?id=1218259981595&skuId=1415254
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Agree that 7200 would be better and the 10K velociraptor or an SSD would be better still. It also depends on what other things you have configured. Too much RAM or CORES assigned to the VM will impact performance
Can you get a Firewire800 7200RPM drive or SSD?
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