[microsound] noisy hard drive on mac

[Mike]

Hi,
     Interesting discussion, how much space do you
need ? Consider also Solid State Drives = No noise & fast.
External via drive bay or internal / sata.

cons: price per gb...

Example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233075

-M.


On Mar 13, 2009, at 5:20 PM, i8u wrote:

> forgive my lack of knowledge here,
>
>
> if  i understand all that has been said,
> does it mean i could  set up another os on the external
> drive which would then be solely dedicated to music and boot up
> in this drive to work on music ?
>
> which i believe may make things quieter,
>
> or, if i run the software from the laptop
> and access my files from the drive,
> do i still have the same noise problem?
>
> and given than either way i go, it seems
> an external drive will solve my problem,
> any feedback on drives, which ones are quieter than others
> and also, which ones "travel" better.
>
> thanks again
>
> i8u