iMac HD Partion Recommendations
I just ordered a new 27" iMac with the 2Tb upgrade option for the HD. It is currently in shipping transit, so I do not have it in my possession.
When I do get it, my question to the forum is, "before I do anything for setup, do you recommend creating two hard drive partitions (i.e. 30%/70%, 50%/50% or 70%/30%)"? I want to get this right from the start, because the iMac does not allow me to just add a HD. My plan for this desktop unit is to work with a lot of pictures, itunes (backup entire music catalog) & video editing. Maybe, just maybe if I can not avoid it, running windows with boot camp and/or parallels. I was wondering if it would help improve performance to have all of my pics/itunes/video on one partition? If I did load windows on one partition, can virus problems impact the mac partition?
When I do get it, my question to the forum is, "before I do anything for setup, do you recommend creating two hard drive partitions (i.e. 30%/70%, 50%/50% or 70%/30%)"? I want to get this right from the start, because the iMac does not allow me to just add a HD. My plan for this desktop unit is to work with a lot of pictures, itunes (backup entire music catalog) & video editing. Maybe, just maybe if I can not avoid it, running windows with boot camp and/or parallels. I was wondering if it would help improve performance to have all of my pics/itunes/video on one partition? If I did load windows on one partition, can virus problems impact the mac partition?
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do you recommend creating two hard drive partitions
I don't. I do recommend an external HD for Time Machine
I was wondering if it would help improve performance to have all of my pics/itunes/video on one partition?
Not really. Unless you're working with very large pictures (RAW images) or pro video. If you're just working on videos of the kids I wouldn't worry about it
If I did load windows on one partition, can virus problems impact the mac partition?
Potentially, yes, but it would be a slim chance and have to be a real nasty virus. Use AV on your Windows partition