mlb5000 Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Hey Everyone, I'm new to the scene so if I ask any stupid questions, please just stick with me. Now, I'm looking to build my own setup running OSX v10.5.2 and wanted to check up here to see if you had any suggestions on hardware. Here's what I had in mind: Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4 Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 2600XT Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.0GHz Memory: 4GB Patriot Extreme Performance DDR2 1200 Boot Disks: 2X 10000RPM WD Raptor 36GB hard drives, one for holding OSX and another for holding Windows Storage Disks: 3X 7200RPM WD Caviar 640GB hard drives for storing applications and data. RAID 5 (1280GB effective space) Operating Systems: OSX86 (10.5.2), Windows running MacDrive 7 to allow access to HFS+ formatted storage drives Comparable Mac Price: $4349.00 OSX86 Build Total: $1766.78 and some time Has anyone had any experience with MacDrive's performance when running applications stored on an HFS+ formatted drive? Any suggestions from anyone on what install method I should follow and what patches I should expect to need (if any)? I consulted the Wiki to build this list, but I figured I would come straight to the source for the most recent information. Thanks, Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insomnimac Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Looks like a nice system,. Just be aware thgat Macdrive is only usable on Windows Vista 32 bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlb5000 Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 Looks like a nice system,. Just be aware thgat Macdrive is only usable on Windows Vista 32 bit. Oh, that's good to know, because the price for that box includes Vista 64-bit. Thanks, Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant0ne Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I haven't used MacDrive in quite some time, but every version I have tried was absolute garbage. I have never been able to access my Mac partitions on any computer with MacDrive. I am sure the program works for many others, however my experience with MacDrive was nothing but negative. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlb5000 Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 I haven't used MacDrive in quite some time, but every version I have tried was absolute garbage. I have never been able to access my Mac partitions on any computer with MacDrive. I am sure the program works for many others, however my experience with MacDrive was nothing but negative. Good luck Hmm, I wonder what could have caused it. When I used it on my XP Boot Camp Patitition to access files on the Mac portion of my drive I never had any problems. Then again, I wasn't doing anything too intensive, nothing like installing/launching Windows applications onto/from my Mac partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frizbot Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Yeah, I wouldn't trust MacDrive with any unique data. I think OS X is doing well with NTFS, so that's a way to transfer files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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