USB3.0 - it is bus powered. Get a 512GB SSD, and put it into a USB3 enclosure.
I have the Crucial M4 512GB - they can be had for a good price, plus 256GB internal SSD. Gives plenty of space for VMs in my experience. I also have a 128GB SD card for storing commonly used ISO files Cheers Ken -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 1 March 2013 6:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Webster's question is very timely... I didn't want to drag his thread off topic, so I'm starting a new one Not to brag (much), but I just picked up a Dell Precision 4600 laptop at a really good price - it's a quad-core machine with Win7 Pro, 16gb RAM and an ATI Firepro video card, 1920x1080 display (15.6") and a 256gb SSD. ($1600 - sale still going as far as I know.) Problem is, I'm pretty sure I made a small mistake. That 256gb drive just isn't big enough to hold the VMs I want. I should have gone with the 128gb minicard and a 1tb hard drive. So, I'm also looking for an external drive, either USB3 or eSATA - if you had the choice, which would you choose for putting in the laptop case for extra storage? Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
