Seagate GoFlex Desk for Mac bootable?
Hello all -
I am contemplating buying a new Seagate GoFlex Desk for Mac 2TB external hard drive. The model number is STBC2000100. It comes with an adapter base that has USB 2.0 and Firewire 800. I plan to use FW800. I'm running Lion 10.7.2 on a new mid 2011 Mac mini. I am interested in this drive because Seagate has announced a new adapter base for Thunderbolt that is claimed will be able to work with this drive.
First: When I talked to Seagate technical support pre-purchase, they told me this drive will NOT function as an external bootable drive, even if Mac OS X is installed. Can this really be true? Has anyone else used this drive as an external bootable in 10.7.2?
Second: I've seen so many messages, both here and at the Seagate forum about problems with new Seagate 2TB and 3TB external drives that I can't mentally keep track of all of them. Some say the problem is only with USB 3.0. Others say its more prevalent than that. I've not seen any messages specifically referring to the Mac specific Seagate model number I have indicated. I don't want to waste my time if this isn't going to work correctly (files not available, drive goes to sleep and freezes Lion, drive spins all the time or will not sleep correctly when my mini sleeps, etc). Does anyone have recent specific experience with the model STBC2000100 or 2000101 (black case) and Lion 10.7.2? I would really appreciate hearing other's experience before I spend my money and time on this.
Thanks! - Randy
Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.2), (mid 2011); 2.7GHz i7; 8GB RAM