Well, despite my better judgement I'm considering the i9 MBP. The reports I'm seeing from Logic users are a lot more significant than I expected...
Anyway, I've been on 10.12 for a few years now and haven't gone near 10.13.
After some reading, it would seem that there's some rationale behind wiping an APFS formatted drive and reinstalling 10.13 with HFS+ for a leaner OS. I also would be migrating from my 10.12 HFS+ volume, and one article I read suggested this could in theory cause issues, if not potentially damage my HFS+ system volume... (I don't run FileVault or any encryption, I prefer runing the OS as lean as possible...)
Can anyone confirm:
A. Is this true at all? (Should I be careful mounting an HFS+ system volume via TB?)
B. If wiping and reinstalling as HFS+ is possible with the new MBP? (Never know what Apple decides to blacklist with new models...)
C. If there's any real logic behind going to the trouble to do this? I.e. will the OS be running anymore lean than with APFS on?
D. Are there any performance gains APFS brings?
Thanks as always...
Anyway, I've been on 10.12 for a few years now and haven't gone near 10.13.
After some reading, it would seem that there's some rationale behind wiping an APFS formatted drive and reinstalling 10.13 with HFS+ for a leaner OS. I also would be migrating from my 10.12 HFS+ volume, and one article I read suggested this could in theory cause issues, if not potentially damage my HFS+ system volume... (I don't run FileVault or any encryption, I prefer runing the OS as lean as possible...)
Can anyone confirm:
A. Is this true at all? (Should I be careful mounting an HFS+ system volume via TB?)
B. If wiping and reinstalling as HFS+ is possible with the new MBP? (Never know what Apple decides to blacklist with new models...)
C. If there's any real logic behind going to the trouble to do this? I.e. will the OS be running anymore lean than with APFS on?
D. Are there any performance gains APFS brings?
Thanks as always...