Yes, exactly. Either create a Win partition on the external or use a VM on that drive. Does this make sense?
thanks, Cara :) --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara On Aug 24, 2013, at 2:41 PM, Will <[email protected]> wrote: Oh so install mac on exuernal then install windows later Sent from my iPhone On 24 Aug 2013, at 22:08, Scott Chesworth <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Cara, > > Just checking I'm following you with this, because I wasn't aware that > Boot Camp would run on anything other than the internal drive. Are you > saying that so long as the copy of OS X that you run the Boot Camp > creation wizard thingy from is running on an external, Boot Camp > itself will work on that same drive? I'm guessing it's not possible to > have Mac OS on the internal, and just the Boot Camp partition on an > external drive without having two copies of Mac OS, if you see what I > mean? > > Scott > > On 8/24/13, Cara Quinn <[email protected]> wrote: >> Absolutely! :) >> >> You can install your Mac OS on that and then you'll have as much space as >> you need. >> From there you can choose to use a VM or partition. >> >> to boot from the external you simply hold down Option at startup and select >> the drive as you normally would with any other bootable disc. >> >> It might actually even be cheaper to get a standard laptop drive and >> inclosure separately and install the drive yourself. This can be very easy >> to do. If you have not done this before than you probably want sighted help >> the first time, but once you learn it it's really easy to do on your own. >> >> Hope this helps and have a great weekend! >> >> Smiles, >> >> Cara :) >> --- >> View my Online Portfolio at: >> >> http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn >> >> Follow me on Twitter! >> >> https://twitter.com/ModelCara >> >> On Aug 24, 2013, at 1:57 AM, Will <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> oh i can? >> >> On 24 Aug 2013, at 09:54, Cara Quinn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> William, >>> >>> YOu can simply get a USB external HD or SSD and boot from that. So you can >>> either run a VM on that or create a Windows partition on it. >>> >>> YOu'll have all the space you need and have it a lot cheaper than a whole >>> new laptop. >>> >>> HTH >>> >>> Cara :) >>> --- >>> View my Online Portfolio at: >>> >>> http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn >>> >>> Follow me on Twitter! >>> >>> https://twitter.com/ModelCara >>> >>> On Aug 24, 2013, at 1:17 AM, William Lomas <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> hi all as i have no room on my macbook air to put windows on yet still >>> want play games, what is a good cheap laptop i can get for windows use to >>> run audio games? >>> i know netbooks are around but obviously their performance is not really >>> to be fair cut out for gaming >>> regards will >>> >>> >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> [email protected]. >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>> list, >>> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >>> >>> >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> [email protected]. >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>> list, >>> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. 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