A Discussion of External Hard-drives

[TiBookG4/5]

I am preparing to purchase an external hard-drive and need a device that holds about 100GB-200GB of storage space. I would like to hear recommendations on the best possible device to use with a PowerBook G4 500 using OS 10.4.1. I have heard positive feedback about the current LaCie d2 and mobile series drives. Please provide any assistance to steer me into the direction of the best drive that will also be compatible with Intel based Macintosh computers.

 

[JeffTL]

I've had good luck with my LaCie Big Disk -- I know someone who has his 200GB LaCie d2 broken into four FAT32s and an NTFS (from before he switched) and he doesn't have any trouble with Windows or Tiger.

 

[Flynnstone]

I have 4 macally drive enclosures. 2 of them have 160 G drives. 1 is firewire 800 and the rest are FW400.
No problems. And low cost.

 

[sw1tcher]

Cheapest option would be to buy your own external enclosure and a 100-200GB hard drive and build it yourself.