I’ve finally realized that the 80GB drive in my Macbook Pro is just not enough space for me. Unfortunately, unlike the Macbook, the Pro is not a user-serviceable hard drive upgrade. (at least not if it is under applecare protection…)
I run Parallels software for Microsoft Windows XP. This is, unfortunately, a requirement for work. Being as I only have about 4GB free on my drive, I really need to offload the XP drive somewhere else. That will both free up about 8GB on my drive for more iTunes songs/podcasts and photos.
I just ordered a Lexar ExpressCard 16GB model to try out. Some reviews say the speed is too slow to use, but no one has really used it with Parallels images, yet.
That will all change! Once I get it in, I plan to move my 8GB drive image to it and see how well it performs. My hope is, the disk I/O on my internal drive will decrease and have less contention than it does today, slowing down both XP and OS X at the same time.
I will post back here with updates as it arrives and I can begin testing.
See you back soon!
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