External Hard Drive Question....
Bill Ayotte
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Ok, after all of the troubles I have had with a PC, I decided to go Mac.....I will be receiving a 15" MacBook Pro next week, and I would like to pick up an external HD (maybe 2) for music and photos.....I shoot in RAW format, and those can fill up a HD quick, so I need a good amount of space...The only parameter I have is that it needs to be portable....I have looked at the iomega drives, but I want to see what everyone else is using....Thanks
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I've had good luck with my Western Digital, 500GB of space and quite small.
Tom's hardware is usually good for these types of questions link -
I like the MyBooks... small, cheap, durable, and they power-off when your computer powers off (what a novel concept...).
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I like the MyBooks... small, cheap, durable, and they power-off when your computer powers off (what a novel concept...).
I use the My Book as well(160GB). I can highly recommend it."Just because youre offended doesnt mean youre right." - Ricky Gervais
"For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase
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I like both of those, but I need something that is powered by USB or Firewire, as in completely portable.....I like the MyBooks, but I think they require me to plug it in....
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The WD ones I reffered to were the MyBooks, I have used a 160gb and upgraded to the 500gb. Both, to my knowledge, need to be plugged in to function.
Not sure if this one needs to be plugged in, but $50 for 400gb is a pretty good deal. -
I could be wrong, but I think anything hard drive based is going to need more power than a USB cable can provide.
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I could be wrong, but I think anything hard drive based is going to need more power than a USB cable can provide.
Yup, they need 12V and USB provides 5.5 and Firewire is somewhere around there also.
DO NOT get USB for a HDD, you will notice lag. Firewire is the only way to go.God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. - Romans 5:8 -
You can get smaller drives that are powered by USB. They're usually slower-RPM units that don't need as much power (5400rpm in the case of the link before).
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I've also seen drives that plug into two usb ports. Not sure about the mac, though.
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Staples has 400 gig externals on sale this week for $50 each.
http://staples.shoplocal.com/staples/Default.aspx?action=browsepagedetail&storeid=2482804&rapid=449756&pagenumber=2&listingid=-2092757669 -
I back up my home server every night with a USB connected Western Digital 250 GB drive - easy to use and I've had zero problems.
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I've had one WD internal drive die, so I've been leery of them. I bought a external Maxtor drive and have been very happy with it. It's about 2 years old and never had a minutes trouble out of it.
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I have a MyBook w/ one terabyte that I received on sale at Office Max for $350.
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apple...
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once you go Mac you will want to go back!My Home Theater (WIP):
Panasonic AE900 Projector - 126" screen, XBOX 360, Pioneer BDP-320 Bluray
Receiver: Denon AVR-1905
Fronts: RTi6's, Center: CSi5, Surrounds: RTi4, Rears: Denon
Dual Subs: PSW202, and behind the couch Denon 8"
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I've heard this many times.66chevyIISS wrote: »once you go Mac you will want to go back!"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche -
i have a seagate 120 gb drive sitting in front of me using USB power. it uses 2 usb cables to power it. one for power one for data.
if speed is not a concern then get a USb otherwise look into firewire. -
I love my new Macbook pro, I ended up with an iomega 120gb usb/firewire drive.....It was the smallest one I could find that didn't have a ton of awful reviews...I got the "protection" plan anyway though....I drop things a lot..:o
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my fat chick videos wouldn't even fit on that thing and that's only a small part of my collection.
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now in stereo wrote: »my fat chick videos wouldn't even fit on that thing and that's only a small part of my collection.
There is something I never wanted to know...... -
{fingers in ears} La La La La La La La La
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So now that I have bought the damn thing, is there a mac forum out there that doesn't suck nuts? I looked at several today and I really think I wouldn't fit in at any of them.........
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Don't do Mac... WindoZe and Linux only, sorry.
