Where to install OSX?

Hello i have a mac pro 2.8 eight core. I currently have 2 drives, the stock 320GB drive and a new WD6400 AAKS, i have mixed opinions on where to install the OSX and where to place the Home folder.
1-I was planning on installing OSX on the stock drive and leaving the Home folder on the new drive but i was wondering if this was the correct way of doing it. Can someone please advising on which would give my system the best performance?
2- Also if I move my home folder, does that include the Applications folder as well, so when I launch my applications they will launch from the faster drive?
What would you do if you were in my situation?
Thank You

Without knowing exactly what apps you'll be running and how you use your system, it's difficult to be precise, but generally it's better to have your OS on the better-performing drive. Hatter has posted links to various drive benchmarks, including in this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1670647&tstart=0
so you can look up tests for your two drives and see which one is the better performer, and that's where, in absence of any additional use information, I'd suggest you install the OS.
Also if I move my home folder, does that include the Applications folder as well
No. The Home folder and Applications folder are completely separate. Moving one does not move the other.

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Yup, its me again Always seem to have a question for the group
Thanks Mulder and Scott! I am sure glad I asked for your advice. I am completely new to the multi-user environment of OSX - as you can tell. (I guess I am still in OS9 thinking mode where there was only one user.)
Scott wrote:
"Mail can be configured to download any new email, but not remove it from the server until it is removed from the Mail application. This way, the email can be downloaded to multiple clients across multiple accounts."
Interesting. Thanks for pointing this out Scott. Good to know. This would seem to me to be similar to IMAP in some ways. This would be a good way to work in a multi-user environment. This is good info to be aware of.
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Hi all, thanks for the responses.
although I am having a bit of trouble with this:
'3. Click the Erase tab.
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This was published on July 25, 2008:
Attack code that exploits flaws in the net's addressing system are starting to circulate online, say security experts.
The code could be a boon to phishing gangs who redirect web users to fake bank sites and steal login details.
In light of the news net firms are being urged to apply a fix for the loop-hole before attacks by hi-tech criminals become widespread.
Net security groups say there is anecdotal evidence that small scale attacks are already happening.
Further details here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7525206.stm
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7773000/7773340.stm
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http://www.securemac.com/
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If you think you may have acquired a Trojan, and you know its name, you can also locate it via the Terminal:
http://theappleblog.com/2009/04/24/mac-botnet-how-to-ensure-you-are-not-part-of- the-problem/
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http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?email&NewsID=25613
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5. Stop using LimeWire. LimeWire (and other peer-to-peer sharing applications) are hotbeds of potential software issues waiting to happen to your Mac. Everything from changing permissions to downloading trojans and other malicious software can be acquired from using these applications.
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anyway here's whats going on, i booted the macbook with the instalation dvd it loads up as it should but when you get to the select drive part nothing is there so googled a few things and found the drive has to be set-up first so entered disk utility to partition and format the drive but get an error with whatever i do, i have removed and reseated the HDD cable and memory and have tried booting with only one stick to see if there was an error with one of the sodimm's, i have also tried accessing the AHT but none of the ways i have found work............ please if anyone can help me, please let me know

Thanks for the reply mate, sorry to say i have tried every option in disk util i've even tied a couple of terminal commands to do the same thing with no luck, i have however been able to remove the partition but that's where the good news ends as i can't create a new one..... is there anyway to prep the disk in windows? as i don't have an external case or another mac?
also what are the chances of the HDD cable being at fault? after more googeling i found someone with the same sort of problem's as me and he ended up replacing the cable http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/apple-notebooks/237964-cant-partition-brand-new -hard-drive.html unfortunatly i don't have an apple store anywhere near me so thats not an option but it's something i could do myself, the only problem is i don't have the £18 for a new one right now as i've had to buy a HDD and charger as well as the macbook and it's left me a little skint lol

Macbook Pro will not boot, will not re-install OSX

Hi All, realy hope you uys can help me with this one, so i brought a 2nd hand 15Inch Macbook pro (post 2008 style)
2.8, 4GB Ram, 500GB HDD
been working fine for the past 3 weeks and then on sunday while trying to copy filed off an SD Card the Beachball was spinning away and nothing was responding, so decided to force a restart,
then it decided to just hang on the Apple logo with the spinning wheel.
Used the install CD to do a disk utility, it wouldn't let me run it, wouldn't let me re-install or anything.
i removed the HDD and ran disk utility and disk warrior on the imac, they found errors but corrected them, put back into the macbook and still nothing.
so i took the macbook into Apple, they ran the hardware diagnostics which returned everything was working, i was assured that the problem was the HDD, so ordered up a seagate hybrid SSD Drive, popped it in and… nothing
still wont let me install OSX
Wont let me run any kind of disk utilities on the HDD
the HDD seems sound, ive plugged it into the iMac, it reads fine, ive formatted it and its all ready to be installed
please someone help me before the mac finds itself flying through my window, if i can lock down where the problem is at least i can go about getting it fixed.
Cheers
Andy

Well took it down to the apple store again, and explained that the New HDD was still playing up and would not install the OS, so they tried replacing the flex cable and HUZZAH! it worked
what a palaver
thanks all anyhoo

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