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External Hard drive purchase help

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BiggeeC

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Jun 23, 2002
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Hey everybody. I've had my 2.4 GHz MacBook Pro since March, and have loved everything about it. Well, almost everything. I hate that my hard drive is only 185.99 GB (so it says). I have a thing for watching DVD's and TV show DVD's on this thing, and have downloaded many, many episodes of my favorite shows. I only have 20 GB left. I'm in the market for an external hard drive. I don't need anything huge, like 1 TB or anything. Maybe something around 250 GB or 320 GB. Plus, speed really isn't a factor to me. I just want to transfer all of my downloads off of my HDD. Also, I don't want to spend that much. I was thinking around $70-$80 max. I was perusing New Egg this morning and found a few. I don't know much about these brands or anything. Anybody know anything about these? Also, if they are garbage, anyone have any recommendations? Thanks

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822242009

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822101006

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822111020

--Chris
 
You could just upgrade your internal hard drive to 500GB :D

All you would need in addition is a SATA caddy to read your old drive when you migrate across to your new drive using Migration Assistant.
 
dubhe said:
You could just upgrade your internal hard drive to 500GB :D
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Yeah, the 500 gb Samsung is only $110 this week. If you feel comfortable cracking open your MBP, about a 20 minute job.

bigboy99 said:
False economy. I wouldn't trust my data to one of these drives.
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Agree here. You should buy a reputable hard drive (Seagate and Samsung, IMO) and a good USB2 enclosure to put it in (e.g., Macally, Vantech, Icydock).
 
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