Hi,
I have been reading these forums for the past few months and really enjoyed it. I am one of the newbies to Mac, making the big switch after many many years with DOS and Windows.
In reading many posts i have received a lot of good info and some conflicting opinions as well
I should receive my BTO system in a couple of days after 39 days of anticipation.
27 i5, 2.9GHz, 16Gig (+32?), 3TB Fusion, 2TB TC, and 3TB LaCie Porsche USB 3.0
I do have a couple of questions, and hopefully I picked the right spot for them.
I require complete / seamless integration of OS X and Windows platforms for file sharing, office files etc
I figure the best file format configuration would be:
a) iMac 3TB HFS+ (with Paragon for NTFS compatibility)
b) 2TB TC HFS+ {for time machine only}
c) 3TB LaCie NTFS {for cross platform use}
d) NAS NTFS {current windows back up drive}
Does this sound reasonable?
Also I would also like to run Win7 and 8 on my iMac either in virtual machine or try the two canoes work around and put boot camp on the 3TB Fusion.
I am leaning towards virtual machine to run windows, but not sure if I should use Parallels or VM Ware Fusion?
Any thoughts ? ( Im not a gamer but do dabble in ACAD etc)
Thanks in advance
My current network consists of:
1. Net Gear 6300 2.4/5 GHz Wi-Fi & Giga-Bit Router
2. D-Link 8 port GB Switch
3. D-Link NAS (500GB RAID 1)
4. 3 iPads (2x3, 1x mini)
5. 3 iPhones (1x4, 2x4S)
6. 5 various Win XP & 7 (2 XP laptops for dedicated automation tasks)
7. Power ware UPSs
I have been reading these forums for the past few months and really enjoyed it. I am one of the newbies to Mac, making the big switch after many many years with DOS and Windows.
In reading many posts i have received a lot of good info and some conflicting opinions as well
I should receive my BTO system in a couple of days after 39 days of anticipation.
27 i5, 2.9GHz, 16Gig (+32?), 3TB Fusion, 2TB TC, and 3TB LaCie Porsche USB 3.0
I do have a couple of questions, and hopefully I picked the right spot for them.
I require complete / seamless integration of OS X and Windows platforms for file sharing, office files etc
I figure the best file format configuration would be:
a) iMac 3TB HFS+ (with Paragon for NTFS compatibility)
b) 2TB TC HFS+ {for time machine only}
c) 3TB LaCie NTFS {for cross platform use}
d) NAS NTFS {current windows back up drive}
Does this sound reasonable?
Also I would also like to run Win7 and 8 on my iMac either in virtual machine or try the two canoes work around and put boot camp on the 3TB Fusion.
I am leaning towards virtual machine to run windows, but not sure if I should use Parallels or VM Ware Fusion?
Any thoughts ? ( Im not a gamer but do dabble in ACAD etc)
Thanks in advance
My current network consists of:
1. Net Gear 6300 2.4/5 GHz Wi-Fi & Giga-Bit Router
2. D-Link 8 port GB Switch
3. D-Link NAS (500GB RAID 1)
4. 3 iPads (2x3, 1x mini)
5. 3 iPhones (1x4, 2x4S)
6. 5 various Win XP & 7 (2 XP laptops for dedicated automation tasks)
7. Power ware UPSs