How do I contain my OS purely on a small SSD drive, but store all user data on an additional internal HDD?
Solid state drives are still pretty expensive, but the main benefit of SSD we all want doesn't require a lot of space. How do I keep the OS and Applications on the solid state, and the user data on an additional HDD inside of a Mac Pro?
I'm afraid that if I just store my media/docs folders on the second drive (which, obviously take up the most space), I'm still operating within a small (ideally 64GB SSD) solid state. Which means any time I save something to my desktop or downloads folder I'm taking up space on the SSD rather then the HDD. On the flip side, I dont want put my whole user folder on the HDD because (correct me if I'm wrong) won't the apps launch from the HDD? Then you would lose the benefit of solid state (other then I/O times...).
Does this make sense? I feel like there has the be a straight forward way to do this.
Thanks for your help!
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)