Hi, I haven’t tried this myself but, I can't see why it wouldn’t be possible to set up a bootcamp partition running windows on an external drive. Ricardo Walker ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Aug 6, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Mary Otten <maryotten@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm interested in running Mac and Windows on a new Mac, and I'm leaning > towards the BootCamp solution. But the question occurred to me: is it > possible to have Windows installed on an external hard drive and then > boot up the Mac and tell it you want to boot off of that drive rather > than off the internal one? The reason I ask is simple. I'm thinking > strongly of a Macbook Air, whose internal storage capacity maxes out at > 512gb, and that for a hefty price. Seems to me, I could be ok with > 256gb and the Mac stuff, including data, since I have iTunes match and > wouldn't need my music stored locally, and just do Windows off of an > external drive. But is that possible? If this is off topic, I > appologize in advance. > > Mary > > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >