Lacie Big Disk Extreme - 2 Macs connected at once??

[brisully]

I have a Lacie Big Disk Extreme, that has USB 2.0, Firewire 400 and Firewire 800 interfaces. I have it connected to my iMac with FW 400, but I just bought a new MBP. Can I hook up the FW 800 interface on the MBP while this is still attached to the iMac?

 

[Scarlet Fever]

you can, but it won't boot until you eject it from the iMac.

 

[brisully]

you can, but it won't boot until you eject it from the iMac.

The MBP won't boot??

 

[Scarlet Fever]

The MBP won't boot??

the drive

 

[Homer2556]

Why not just connect the external to the Mac you use most, and allow shared use of it through your network (since both the iMac and MBP have wireless). Seems a no brainer to me

 

[Scarlet Fever]

Why not just connect the external to the Mac you use most, and allow shared use of it through your network (since both the iMac and MBP have wireless). Seems a no brainer to me

it's a fair bit slower over wireless, and if the iMac is an old one (pre-gigabit ethernet), FW or USB is still faster.