Nice external hd

[Gersh529]

hey...im looking for a nice looking (white) external hd to match my ibook g4 for school next year. i would like to keep the price down to about $150. any suggestions???

 

[janey]

I think your best bet would be to get an internal HD and get an external enclosure for your drive because some companies tend to charge a ton for external drives.
300gb SATA drives go for around $100, and enclosures around $30-50.

For example:
Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148131
Enclosure: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817145237

 

[Kalns]

Check this one out!
http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop/detail~dpno~267264.asp
I'd buy it myself if I hadn't just spent 1,800 on my Macbook.

 

[ncook06]

Do you want it to be portable?

 

[ncook06]

Check this one out!
http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop/detail~dpno~267264.asp
I'd buy it myself if I hadn't just spent 1,800 on my Macbook.

That one looks perfect for me! Great value, and I've always been a cheapskate

 

[Gersh529]

yeah i would like it to be pretty portable. i don't really need 250gigs either..just like a small thing that matches the ibook. lame i know.....but i like cosmetics!!! (who doesn't, anyway?)

 

[thehype31]

How about this one?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817334005

 

[poppe]

yeah i would like it to be pretty portable. i don't really need 250gigs either..just like a small thing that matches the ibook. lame i know.....but i like cosmetics!!! (who doesn't, anyway?)

If you want it portable I would go with this: http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10722

I know its more expensive but it seems to be very mobile. I need and HDD that I can walk about 400 yds across campus to the film school. I hope this will help me but I dont know much about HDD.l

All you out there that know HDD well, what do you think of this one? worth the price? or is there any out there that are better for super portability?

 

[janey]

Get an iPod.

 

[lamina]

Check out the Lacie Brick. Absolutely beautiful, looks like a Lego block.

 

[zorg]

I recommned a Seagate beacuse it has a 5 year warranty. What I did is bought an enclosure and bought an internal hard drive and put it in. My 300 GB 7200 RPM hard drive cost $120 (including tax and shipping), and my enclosure cost $20. And I love that I have a free 5 year parts and labor warranty from Seagate (every Seagate drive gets it).

 

[poppe]

I recommned a Seagate beacuse it has a 5 year warranty. What I did is bought an enclosure and bought an internal hard drive and put it in. My 300 GB 7200 RPM hard drive cost $120 (including tax and shipping), and my enclosure cost $20. And I love that I have a free 5 year parts and labor warranty from Seagate (every Seagate drive gets it).

Holy crap thats insane. Well i'm sold. Does anyone know if there is a multiple enclosure? I'm doing video editing and I wish I could afford a Terrabyte... (sp?) but gradually I could add. If there is such a thing and its convienant

 

[timswim78]

Holy crap thats insane. Well i'm sold. Does anyone know if there is a multiple enclosure? I'm doing video editing and I wish I could afford a Terrabyte... (sp?) but gradually I could add. If there is such a thing and its convienant

If you are looking for tons of storage, it might be less expensive to use an old computer as a file server by hooking it up with Gigabit ethernet and some fast hdds.

 

[poppe]

If you are looking for tons of storage, it might be less expensive to use an old computer as a file server by hooking it up with Gigabit ethernet and some fast hdds.

Hmm well... does anyone want to sell me an old computer? and how exactly do you do this? do you need software or just have power connected to the computer and have the HDs connected and it works?

 

[munckee]

If you are looking for tons of storage, it might be less expensive to use an old computer as a file server by hooking it up with Gigabit ethernet and some fast hdds.

whats the difference between gigbit and regular ethernet? I connected my powerbook to my G3 the other day with the idea of doing exactly what you're talking about, but it was too slow to consider doing in place of an external.

 

[dr_lha]

Get an iPod.

Extremely bad idea to use an iPod as an external drive. They're not designed for prolonged use like an external drive for a computer is used.

 

[stefan15]

I think your best bet would be to get an internal HD and get an external enclosure for your drive

Agree with this 100%. I have a Vantec Nexstar 3 (with eSATA and USB2.0) and it's unbelievable.I've had it on for days at a time with no cooling problems or stability problems.

 

[poppe]

Multiple HDDs in one case

I'm looking for a case that has multiple HDDs in one case. I was told earlier to get a computer and fill it with HDDs but how exactly do I do that, especially since I dont have a Mac of any kind...

 

[janey]

Extremely bad idea to use an iPod as an external drive. They're not designed for prolonged use like an external drive for a computer is used.

I know but originally it didn't sound like the OP was going to do anything of that sort. Laptop and microdrives and external enclosures are not cheap, but the iPods are small and match the iBook and...yeah...

 

[Macmadant]

formac oxygen, it's big because i think you can add a second hd to it, but don't quote me on that, and it's good value http://www.formac.co.uk/frameset.htm