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Hey all, I'm looking for an external hard drive, firewire capable....at least 80 gig. Any ideas on what to get?
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09-30-2004, 09:08 PM
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buy an enclosure and hardrive, cheaper than an all in one pakage.
for enclosures I would recomend Bytecc, mines been good to me, and for a drive that's up to you as everyone has had problems with one drive or another. I like Maxtor myself and if you want quiet get Seagate. |
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09-30-2004, 11:53 PM
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Yeah, I would ditto muisejt on that.
I myself bought this type that supports both Firewire and USB 2.0. I did NOT buy it from there however...  I have a 20 GB drive in there and use it as a backup drive for home movies as well as pictures. Very very happy with it. |
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10-01-2004, 02:25 AM
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whats wrong with usb 2.0? its faster. I agree with the enclosure and HD option.
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10-01-2004, 02:29 AM
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Firewire is independent of the CPU's need to give it "direction" whereas USB 2.0/1.1 isn't.
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10-01-2004, 02:22 PM
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aha. well everything I see these days is usb 2.0, I'm pretty sure it would work well either way...
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10-01-2004, 06:48 PM
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10-02-2004, 12:44 AM
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Yup this is the route I went, Bytecc external enclosure and a 80 GB Western Digital drive..works for me  |
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11-03-2004, 09:32 PM
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According to http://www.pricewatch.com a nre 200Gb Western Digital 7200rpm HD is $98.00 shipped. And an external hd, of the exact same specs is $108.00 shipped. Just my two cents.
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