Adding a PC Laptop with my iMac, Powerbook and probably Firewire Drive?
Greetings,
I couldn't really find a really good spot to post this question so if anyone can help me out I would appreciate it. I have recently received my new beautiful iMac which now completely supports all my needs together with my G4 powerbook.
I have a fairly new Dell PC (2 years old) that I plan to sell to replace with a simple inexpensive "usable" laptop for some work that requires a windows PC. I am researching getting an external Firewire Harddrive to use between all computers to back up work and documents since most people tell me I need Firewire, not USB 2.0.
I have found several PC laptops at a good price that offers a 4 pin Firewire input but this connection looks much different thatn the back of a regular "Firwire" plug since it is so much smaller. If I buy a backup Firewire Harddrive will this work on a PC laptop with that small input cord or should I just get a USB 2.0 Harddrive to use between all computers? Also, if so, should I format the USB/Firewire Harddrive as FAT or something different to be able to use all functionality?
Cheers...
[Powerbook G4] [20" iMac] Mac OS X (10.4.8)
You are probably less likely to find an inexpensive PC with a Firewire port than with a USB 2. There are also external drives with both FW & USB ports. As far as the FW cable, if the FW drive has a 4 pin input, just make sure that you have a cable that is 4 pin to 6 pin to connect to your Macs. The FW 400 ports on Macs are 6 pin. Then also, whatever cable you need to match up the external HDD with the PC you buy.
That said, you don't need a PC to run Windows anymore. There are a number of ways to run Windows on the new iMac Intels; Boot Camp from Apple, which is a free Beta right now, but will be part of Mac OS X 10.5 when it comes out in the next few months, as well as Parallels and VMWare Fusion, also a Beta currently, which run Windows from within Mac OS X as virtual PCs.
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