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<blockquote data-quote="repeater75" data-source="post: 90265">Nice work!I was looking at a 60GB 7200RPM drive to swap with the internal 40GB, but I have just read something I didn't know you can do with your mini. I am switching from a PC I built that I have steadily upgraded for over 3 years.&nbsp; I am going to buy a firewire external case for my Western Digital 80GB hard drive for about $35 at newegg.com. What I have found out is that you can install Mac OS X to the external drive and even boot from that drive instead of the internal disk.&nbsp; This is actually pretty cool, because a total of 120GB of storage is not too shabby and I can just use the internal 40GB drive to store music or other files instead of installing apps to the slower disk.&nbsp; So, instead of $160 for the internal 60GB drive (which might not be a bad upgrade when the disks get cheaper in a year or so), I'll spring for a full gig of RAM and get the benefits of a speedy drive and maxed-out RAM. The next thing I need to do is figure out the lowest-cost USB2 dual layer external burner that works well on the Mac.&nbsp; I wonder if Toast works for Dual layer burning yet?&nbsp; I think that would make an excellent addition.&nbsp; I have a year-old 4x dvdrw on my pc and I could always buy a cheap external case for that too...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="repeater75, post: 90265"] Nice work! I was looking at a 60GB 7200RPM drive to swap with the internal 40GB, but I have just read something I didn't know you can do with your mini. I am switching from a PC I built that I have steadily upgraded for over 3 years. I am going to buy a firewire external case for my Western Digital 80GB hard drive for about $35 at newegg.com. What I have found out is that you can install Mac OS X to the external drive and even boot from that drive instead of the internal disk. This is actually pretty cool, because a total of 120GB of storage is not too shabby and I can just use the internal 40GB drive to store music or other files instead of installing apps to the slower disk. So, instead of $160 for the internal 60GB drive (which might not be a bad upgrade when the disks get cheaper in a year or so), I'll spring for a full gig of RAM and get the benefits of a speedy drive and maxed-out RAM. The next thing I need to do is figure out the lowest-cost USB2 dual layer external burner that works well on the Mac. I wonder if Toast works for Dual layer burning yet? I think that would make an excellent addition. I have a year-old 4x dvdrw on my pc and I could always buy a cheap external case for that too... [/QUOTE]

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