So how long did it actually take from hitting play to being up and
running? From the reviews of the LaCie Rugged 120GB SSD drives it should
have about 112MBs read and 92MBs write on USB3 compared to 155MBs read
and 150MBs write on Thunderbolt. So Thunderbolt should only gain you
about 30-40% speed increase or reduction in boot time, assuming that
bootup is mostly I/O bound.
CB
On 1/3/14 10:28 PM, Terje Strømberg wrote:
Hi
Boot test - Internal VMWare Fusion Windows 7 64bit running on a internal fusion
drive on iMac vs External VMWare Fusion Windows 7 64bit running on LaCie
external Rugged 120GB SSD. Why do i do a boot test between internal and
external drive? To find out if external sad is faster than iMacs fusion drive
running virtual machine. I was disappointed to find out that Windows running in
boot camp on iMac, did not use iMac internal fusion drive, only the spinning
drive. So i would like to see if it was the same with virtual machine or hoping
that external was 10 seconds faster than the iMacs internal fusion drive. The
match ended in a draw. Dammit. In my case it was a tie. The LaCie rugged was
connected to usb. Should not be any difference with this disk connected to
thunderbolt or usb 3.0. I could not find out if it is possible to run both at
same time, but i could install both with the same serial number. That said, i
hav not confirmed that the went through Microsofts servers and was activated
have to check that tomorrow. VMWare looks like a very goodf peace of software.
I suspended it in the middle of 141 Windows updates and it resumed from where
it was when suspended. I just hit the play button. Funny program.
I am just testing a quite a lot before i find the best setup for this system.
Then i will take backup and relaxe with it and stay in Mountain Lion for many
years. Just using the iMac for music, mail, internet, internet - tv and a few
movies. Two or three simple programs that only run in Windows virtual machine.
Take care
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