External hard drive

[AreYouIn?]

Will this external hard drive work with my macbook pro? I will be getting the 250gb version. I just need it for simple time machine backups. I will only be using it via usb. I know nothing about buying external hard drives or hard drives in general.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001FWBUUG/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

 

[PsychOfMSE]

Yup, will work fine. You'd be better off with a firewire 800 drive tho.

 

[AreYouIn?]

I'm not concerned with speed right now. I had a white macbook that the hard drive failed on, I replaced it with this macbook pro and wanted to make sure I have an external harddrive to backup my files to. I'm a college student and this is about as much as I am willing to spend on one right now.

 

[PsychOfMSE]

Go for the USB2.0 then, but a firewire 800 drive won't really run you much more $$ if any at all.

 

[dsprimal]

indeed it will!

 

[dsprimal]

oh yeah, check this out if you want to spend a little more money for an external hd that will last you longer. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Seagate...+Mac/8983763.p?id=1218004429979&skuId=8983763

 

[AreYouIn?]

oh yeah, check this out if you want to spend a little more money for an external hd that will last you longer. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Seagate...+Mac/8983763.p?id=1218004429979&skuId=8983763

I can't drop $140 at this time. Wish I could. I'm taking summer classes so I'm only working part time. That does not translate into a lot of money. Besides I'm only using about 40-50gb of my stock 250gb hard drive.