Hello,
I had an iMac (Late 2009 27" 2.66GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor, OS10.8) that died, but the internal drive was saved and is working fine. The drive was partitioned and was used as a dual boot machine that had Windows 7 installed. I now have that drive in an external USB 2 enclosure. I bought a new iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch Intel Core i7, Late 2015, OS 10.11.2), which is a SSD and is not partitioned. I want to be able to run windows, and I am considering 2 options:
Option 1: Getting a dedicated external SSD drive to run Windows
Option 2: Getting a T2 external drive and partition it to have a Mac and a Windows sector
My first question- Which option will work better ( I run demanding 3D software, i.e. 3D Max, on the windows side), or is there a difference?
My second question- Is it possible for me to clone my bootcamp partition that was working on my old drive to one of the new options? If so, is there a good (hopefully easy) way to do this? Or should I be doing a clean install?
I've been reading a lot of conflicting information about all this and I'm trying to find a solution that will work.
Thanks in advance for any help!
I had an iMac (Late 2009 27" 2.66GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor, OS10.8) that died, but the internal drive was saved and is working fine. The drive was partitioned and was used as a dual boot machine that had Windows 7 installed. I now have that drive in an external USB 2 enclosure. I bought a new iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch Intel Core i7, Late 2015, OS 10.11.2), which is a SSD and is not partitioned. I want to be able to run windows, and I am considering 2 options:
Option 1: Getting a dedicated external SSD drive to run Windows
Option 2: Getting a T2 external drive and partition it to have a Mac and a Windows sector
My first question- Which option will work better ( I run demanding 3D software, i.e. 3D Max, on the windows side), or is there a difference?
My second question- Is it possible for me to clone my bootcamp partition that was working on my old drive to one of the new options? If so, is there a good (hopefully easy) way to do this? Or should I be doing a clean install?
I've been reading a lot of conflicting information about all this and I'm trying to find a solution that will work.
Thanks in advance for any help!