Expresscard SSD in 17" Pro

[Magpie-23]

As opposed to the internal SSD solution, has anyone used the Expresscard slot to put in an SSD and boot OSX and apps from there?

 

[swartzfeger]

As opposed to the internal SSD solution, has anyone used the Expresscard slot to put in an SSD and boot OSX and apps from there?

Going completely from memory -- I think someone at Macworld wrote an article on Expresscard slot SSDs/OS X. Or maybe I'm thinking of Amazon.com reviews.

Which might be a good idea... check out the Expresscard SSD reviews on amazon, et al. I think there were some end user reviews that gave real world feedback on using those drives.

 

[Magpie-23]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/48GB-FileMate-SolidGO-ExpressCard-Ultra/dp/B001QSZDJ8/ref=pd_cp_computers_0

Seems like a decent option, although expensive.
Do you think 48G will be large enough? How much space would be needed for OSX Lion? Thanks.

 

[swartzfeger]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/48GB-FileMate-SolidGO-ExpressCard-Ultra/dp/B001QSZDJ8/ref=pd_cp_computers_0

Seems like a decent option, although expensive.
Do you think 48G will be large enough? How much space would be needed for OSX Lion? Thanks.

Lion itself is under 8GB, but you have to consider things like safari caches etc that eventually dirty up the /library folder. Toss in a few key apps and 48GB could fill up quickly.

As long as you had a secondary drive for main storage etc it could be a good solution as a boot drive.