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    Some Noobie question

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by janp105, Sep 1, 2007.

  1. janp105

    janp105 Notebook Geek

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    Hey guys I just wanna know if I can install and save some games through external harddrive and run it normally on my MBP. Since I use windows to play games and partitioned it to minimum of 32 GB is there anyway i can get external harddrive to install my games so that i dont have to repartition my hard drive on my mbp? is it possible?
     
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  2. knp

    knp Notebook Evangelist

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    It is possible to install and run games through your external harddrive. There might be some performance differences between your external HDD and internal one.

    I don't quite understand your second question...
     
    knp, Sep 1, 2007
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  3. system_159

    system_159 Notebook Deity

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    Yes, it's possible, and that would save you from having to repartition to increase the size of windows. You will experience a big drop in performance on any newer games that load huge amounts of data from the hard drive.
     
    system_159, Sep 1, 2007
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