My First Google Fusion Map

Below is my first Google Fusion map showing 2000 Census Tract boundaries in NYC. I haven't messed around with Fusion much but will be looking forward to seeing if I can use it for some of my projects.

The future of ArcGIS on Apple Computers (running BootCamp) and using external drives with the faster I/O Thunderbolt

So with the release of the latest Apple Macintosh MacBook Pro and iMac computers with the new Thunderbolt I/O I have been thinking a lot about what this means for running ArcGIS software on Mac hardware. When I'm not in the office I'm running ArcGIS one of three ways on my mac; Remote Desktop Connection, Virtualization (Parallels or VMWare Fusion), OR by using Bootcamp.

Remote Desktop Connection - requires internet connection and my desktop at work to be on; screen space and graphics are lacking, faster b/c it writes directly to internal drives.

Virtualization - I've pretty much given up on this since there's reduced performance from allocation of RAM.

Bootcamp - this is my preferred method of using ArcGIS, however since my disk space is finite I tend to run this on external drives, thereby reducing my processing speed b/c of the read/write time. I use either FAT32 (which stinks b/c of the file size restrictions) or NTSF which supposedly, but I haven't had trouble with it yet, has problems writing when using the Mac OS.

When using Bootcamp, I also write to my Mac's main hard-drive sometimes as well as Mac OSX (Journaled) formatted disks using MacDrive.

Why do I run ArcGIS on a mac? Well mostly b/c I just find the Mac hardware and experience much better. Also, I find that my system is actually more stable. So if I could write to disk using Thunderbolt ports, assuming Bootcamp has the write Drivers and I can use MacDrive to access Mac OSX (Journaled) drives for data, I would most certainly build a very nice reliable primary system using ArcGIS on Apple hardware utilizing Thunderbolt I/O technology.

I look forward to learning if and how I could do this.