Re-Organizing my machine

[Rennie Klymyk]

[Mike Cornett] “-1 Separating the OS from Applications, Media, and Documents”

Many apps will only install on the system drive

[Mike Cornett] “-2 Creating two or more start-up disks/partitions. I would like one for personal/gaming and one for my video production business and applications”

Humm, why not do 2 complete installs of your OS and apps on 2 seperate drives, that way in the event of drive failure you will still be up and running. The OS and FCP suite require about 40Gb so I’d keep 80GB free on the partition, any extra space on the drive can be used for your misc. files on the other partition.

[Mike Cornett] “3 I would like 10.3.9 on one partition and 10.4 and beyond on the other.”

Don’t know why you want to work backwards but you could partition the above mentioned system drives to have os 10.3.9 on them as well.

[Mike Cornett] “-4 I would like to up-grade my system, as cheaply as possible, to run Final Cut Studio. I believe all I will need is a new video card for Motion and DVD Studio Pro. Any suggestions as to upgrading my machine?”

ATI RADEON X800 XT 256MB MAC EDITION There is an earlier version for G4 which should be a lot cheaper than the still current G5 card (when are these cards going to drop in price?)

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[Mike Cornett]

Thank you for the tips. I like the HD specs and card recommendations!

The sad part is…I can’t afford to buy a new machine right now. So, I have to make due with what I have. yuk.

I have FCP HD and I’m paying the $199 upgrade for Studio. I can’t let that deal go by regardless of what system I have. So , I need to figure out how to get by with my G4 until I can upgrade.

I’m hoping the new card and a complete re-install with 10.4 with work out.

Thanks again!