From: Bill Pearce <bill@neoimagers.com>

Date: July 8, 2012 7:26:53 AM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Super speed recording solution - and another thing...

I forgot to add that I bought VMware Fusion, and can run both Windows 7, and Mac OS without a bootcamp partition. Really nice, and worth the $49. The good thing about this is that if you are using Time Machine, it backs up the VM as well, and you don't have to worry about the Windows backup. Just another FYI, that's all. I wish we could get away from Windows altogether, but unfortunately, there are some programs you have to have Windows for.

Happy Sunday,

Bill

On Jul 7, 2012, at 9:18 PM, Bill Pearce wrote:

I replaced my new 17" MBP's stock 750gb drive with a Seagate Momentus XT 750gb 7200 RPM hybrid drive a couple of weeks ago and increased the RAM. Once the drive trains itself, it's a smokin' fast setup. I actually snagged a drive on EBay for $139 with free shipping. 

Just an FYI. 

On Jul 7, 2012, at 16:49, Dave Goodyear <dave@kb2networks.com> wrote:

Yes but is apple going to "throttle" your usb throughput?

The throughput difference on windows and apple can be troublesome

Dave Goodyear

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On Jul 7, 2012, at 1:45 PM, "milton_aupperle" <milton@outcastsoft.com> wrote:

Hi Folks;

One throughput issue I have been having is that my MBP 17" has a slow drive - topping out at about 65 megabytes per second. Since I still have about 18 months on my Applecare left, I am reluctant to replace the drive with something faster - like an SSD. My Grasshopper 2 camera can deliver 30 fps @ 1384x1036 16 bit over FireWire 800 which is 82 megabytes (MB) per second, so I need at least 90 MB / sec. I'd also like to avoid the using an external drive with need for power and be as portable as possible.

Since I have the USB 3 express card from my failed USB 3 Camera support investigation, I have been looking into USB 3 flash drives that use the Mass Storage protocol. I finally found one :

"Patriot Memory - Supersonic Magnum USB 3.0 Flash Drive"

that looks like it is a winner. It's fairly expensive ($110 CDN for 64 gig / $230 CDN for 128 gig), but the rates are really impressive at 200 MB/Sec read rates and 110 MB/Sec write rates. I have seen 3rd party reviews for Windows with this drive which confirm those through put numbers too.

So if you have a fast IIDC Camera, want to maximize the throughput and have USB 3, you might want to look at it.

TTYL..

Milton Aupperle