Why would one opt for an external hard drive when you can get a very fast internal hard drive? I see everyone using externals...why not another internal?
Originally posted by onemind
In this case there is not room for an internal, The Mac Mini is just too small for a second internal drive. And Ideally the audio drive and the drive containing the application are seperate. I think using externals for audio is largely a matter of convenience...unplug and bring it to the studio, bring it along to edit on a laptop etc. No doubt there are screaming fast internals (seagate cheetahs at 10k etc.) But there are plenty of people playing back 24 tracks plus off an external firewire hard drive.
Hope that helps,
Steve
My question would be the opposite: why bother installing an internal when you have so much more flexiblity using one or more hot-swappable externals?Originally posted by dehughes
Why would one opt for an external hard drive when you can get a very fast internal hard drive?
There's another advantage to having a dedicated data drive. While the internal drive is used to load executables, write temp & swap files, and other misc tasks, the data drive can focus on streaming audio files to/from the disk. The spindle would be jumping around a lot less, providing for better performance.Originally posted by onemind
In this case there is not room for an internal, The Mac Mini is just too small for a second internal drive. And Ideally the audio drive and the drive containing the application are seperate. I think using externals for audio is largely a matter of convenience...unplug and bring it to the studio, bring it along to edit on a laptop etc. No doubt there are screaming fast internals (seagate cheetahs at 10k etc.) But there are plenty of people playing back 24 tracks plus off an external firewire hard drive.
Originally posted by MichaelK
My question would be the opposite: why bother installing an internal when you have so much more flexiblity using one or more hot-swappable externals?
For me, the answer is "cost". Those hot-swappable externals are convenient but if I'm not going to take advantage of that feature, why pay the premium for an external drive?Originally posted by MichaelK
My question would be the opposite: why bother installing an internal when you have so much more flexiblity using one or more hot-swappable externals?
Originally posted by aleclee
For me, the answer is "cost". Those hot-swappable externals are convenient but if I'm not going to take advantage of that feature, why pay the premium for an external drive?
Originally posted by dehughes
Sure. That'd be great if you were taking your HDs with you, or needed to swap. My situation is one that does not require me to swap anything, or take my HD anywhere, so I'll opt fo the internal (cheaper alternative).
david
Originally posted by MichaelK
My question would be the opposite: why bother installing an internal when you have so much more flexiblity using one or more hot-swappable externals?
An additional internal drive will also place an icon on your desktop, if that's an issue.Originally posted by Denyle_Guitars
Uncluttered desktop.
Originally posted by MichaelK
An additional internal drive will also place an icon on your desktop, if that's an issue.
Originally posted by dehughes
Sure. That'd be great if you were taking your HDs with you, or needed to swap. My situation is one that does not require me to swap anything, or take my HD anywhere, so I'll opt fo the internal (cheaper alternative).
david