Someone at - he run a Windows VM to 7 out of an external 7200 rpm or SSD for Dev purposes?

Hi - I currently run Windows 7 with dev and geospatial software on an external drive (desktop LaCie D2 drive) through Fusion 3.1.  The current is large, so no laptop and perhaps slower that I need, but uses the Firewire 800.  My Macbook pro is 2008 and has an expresscard port.  It isn't a unibody if not real big for a upgrade to multiple internal disks and my current internal drive becomes even more complete.   I use the two OSs at the same time.  So I want to wait on the purchase of a newer MacBook Pro until the next version.  So far, I am considering a faster and more portable player (OWC brand).  So my question is this: would a 500 GB 7200 RPM / Sata Drive be better or a 128 GB SSD would work?  Both can be connected by eSata ExpressCard/34 card cables.  Does anyone do this?  If the SSD is the answer, how the VM and Windows 7 works with it - fragmentation and so on?

Cost is important, but a usable, portable and flexible solution is also.

Thanks a ton

Richard

eSata is flaky on Mac, simply.  The new MBP have expresscard slots, so there is no solution eSata all on a new machine.

FW800 runs about 2/3 SATA I speeds up and while it takes a little more time to start, actually run as virtual machine works very well (once it is loaded).

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