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    NTFS & Macs

    The good news is that there's a good chance my advisor will be buying me a laptop. The bad news is that it will probably be a Mac. I'd rather just have a Linux machine, but it's looking like that won't be an option. My home computer runs Win XP.

    Now, I just bought an external hard drive (250 GB). What are my choices with regards to interoperability? So far the best I can come up with is to partition into 8 FAT32 pieces (biggest chunks XP will allow me to create). Would the laptop being Linux make a difference? Do either of them offer the ability to read and write with NTFS? Do either of them offer the ability to partition into larger pieces (I know Macs don't recognise FAT32 drives >128GB, so 2 pieces would be as few as possible). Any other smart suggestions?
    12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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    You can't install a second OS on your work laptop?

    JM
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    • #3
      Recent versions of OS X can mount NTFS drives.
      "In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, Hyperion

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      • #4
        I hate dual boot machines.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by Koyaanisqatsi
          Recent versions of OS X can mount NTFS drives.
          Can they access for both read and write? I've seen a couple of places claim that they can read NTFS but not write.
          12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
          Stadtluft Macht Frei
          Killing it is the new killing it
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          • #6
            I should learn to read the post I'm replying to. OS X can read NTFS, but not write to. Sorry.
            "In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, Hyperion

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            • #7
              Originally posted by KrazyHorse
              I hate dual boot machines.
              Overwrite OS X.

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              • #8
                As per Kuci, you could just install Linux over OS X. Linux has run on Macs for years.
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                • #9
                  Or he could install XP (if he wants NTFS interop), since they've switched to Intel.

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                  • #10
                    Tri-boot
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                    • #11
                      I don't see why he'd need BSD, too...

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                      • #12
                        Just install XP/Vista on the laptop. That way you can't basically have an ASUS PC laptop instead of having to put up with OS X.
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                        • #13
                          The only problem is that I don't want to work on an XP machine.

                          I'm comfortable with the gnu compiler collection and know how to do **** in Linux now. I don't want to learn how to do it in XP
                          12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
                          Stadtluft Macht Frei
                          Killing it is the new killing it
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                          • #14
                            XP for home computing and games
                            Linux for scientific computing
                            OS X for a doorstop
                            12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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