External Hard drive

[ethandt]

Looking for some suggestions. I am getting a WD Scorpio Blue 500gb for my early 2009 Macbook Pro. I am also looking to get a 1tb external for back up and extra storage.

I was thinking about getting the Western Digital My Book Home Edition 1 TB but I also read some good things about the the LaCie Hard Disk 1 TB. Will I run into issues if the LaCie is 7200 and my Internal WD is 5400?

 

[AppleNewton]

No not at all. its not determined on the brand.

Which ever one suites your needs the best, a firewire800 external would be the most beneficial for faster data transfer.

 

[ethandt]

Thanks! I was worried that maybe the different speeds would cause issues when transferring or backing up data.

Any recommendations for a 1TB with Firewire 800? Seems like most of the higher capacity drives only have Firewire 400.

 

[AppleNewton]

here are some here
http://www.lacie.com/products/range.htm?id=10033

http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digit...0010HSL-NESN/dp/B002RL8IH2/ref=dp_ob_title_ce

depending on your budget, you can also pick up a firewire 800 enclosure from Newegg and a 1tb drive if you so choose.

 

[ethandt]

Great! Thanks for your help AppleNewton, I really appreciate it.

 

[J the Ninja]

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/

They have 1TB FW800 drives, your choice of plastic or metal enclosure (the plastic ones have a metal heatsink on the bottom).

Heck, if you want to cough up the big bucks and wait a month or two, you can get a 2.5" bus powered version.