How do u use ext Hd as boot for mac mini?

[Gunga Din]

I have a 7200 ext he I can use. Can u set it up as the main and use the stock int hd for back up via time machine?

 

[r.j.s]

No matter what, the external is going to be slower, so why would you want to use an external as the system drive?

 

[Gunga Din]

No matter what, the external is going to be slower, so why would you want to use an external as the system drive?

I read in macworld an ext fw800 hd will improve performance, just wanted to confirm this. (as a boot drive). Doesn't this make the ext hd the main?

 

[r.j.s]

I read in macworld an ext fw800 hd will improve performance, just wanted to confirm this.

Not over the SATA internal drive.

 

[Gunga Din]

Not over the SATA internal drive.

Not better than the stock 5400rpm? I finding more support that booting with a fw800 will be much better

 

[r.j.s]

Not better than the stock 5400rpm? I finding more support that booting with a fw800 will be much better

No.

The internal SATA drive is 3 Gbps (or 1.5 Gbps if it older) while FW800 is 800 Mbps, drive RPM is pretty much irrelevant with that much difference.