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External Harddrive???? Which one.
- Thread starter BigJohno
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WD MyBook Pro - 500 GB. Comes with USB2/FW800/400, is virtually silent, fantastic performace and has some cool features. Fairly sure you can daisy-chain them via FW800 too.
It looks great and is pretty cheap.
Definately recommended. 😉
It looks great and is pretty cheap.
Definately recommended. 😉
Awesome , I was just about to make a thread on this topic. That WD MyBook Pro is pretty cool but are there any smaller alternatives that still keep intune with the simplistic design of the MBP.
thedude110
macrumors 68020
I love my Lacie 250 gig ... runs around $180, but has been consistently functional (and pretty sexy too, I think). I connect to my PB via FW 800 and data moves fast enough.
djejrejk
macrumors 6502a
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eSata
This is what you really want (less than $300):
One Expresscard 34 eSata Card
One Two bay hot swappable hard drive enclosure . Hard drives included.
Speed.... Lots and lots of speed. You may not actually need it, though.
This is what you really want (less than $300):
One Expresscard 34 eSata Card
One Two bay hot swappable hard drive enclosure . Hard drives included.
Speed.... Lots and lots of speed. You may not actually need it, though.
e12a
macrumors 68000
can you find one with a sata splitter? in other words, one that uses just one sata port?
puckhead193
macrumors G3
i'll___insert number I have one and its awesome sexy and sleek to match a mbp or mac pro
MacRumorsReader
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I haven't seen the 2 bay ones with a port multiplier. But I've seen some 5 bay ones. But they were a teensy bit more than I wanted to pay.
Although, you can get a port multiplier for about a hundred dollars
OWC / Macsales.com has some pretty good ones. Never purchased them but it's on my list after doing some research. Probably would stay away from the RAID configs.
I recently purchased a Lacie d2 Drive from NewEgg. So far so good.. Also its matches my mbp which is a plus. 🙂
Clix Pix
macrumors Core
I've got La Cie 250 GB and 500 GB external hard drives for use with my iMac and MBP, and they have always worked just great for me. When I travel I use the La Cie "Rugged," which is 80 GB (I believe they also have a 160 GB version), as it is small and easy to stick into luggage or laptop bag.
rugged
i 2nd the lacie rugged (i have 120gb)....I back up everything on it and it is very light and smaller than I thought it was in the pictures.
i 2nd the lacie rugged (i have 120gb)....I back up everything on it and it is very light and smaller than I thought it was in the pictures.
Clix Pix
macrumors Core
I was in the Apple store today and saw that they now carry the sexy-looking G Technology G-Drives, so I couldn't resist....picked up one for my Mac Pro, as it will look so nifty with it! They had only the 250 GB drive and smaller ones, not the 500 GB that I really would have preferred. This will do me nicely, though for what I have in mind and right now it is busily backing up photo files that I hadn't done recently..... Now I will sell one of my La Cie drives to a friend who has been needing/wanting one.
patrick0brien
macrumors 68040
I always prefer LaCie D2's as their enclosures are effective Faraday Cages, e.g. electromagnetically tough.
I just got a Western Digital MyBook pro edition 500gb.
Superb drive, really fast with firewire 800, looks cool and is very quite. Only cost me £130 - bargain, dropped £60 this month.
David
Superb drive, really fast with firewire 800, looks cool and is very quite. Only cost me £130 - bargain, dropped £60 this month.
David
I had been looking at external drives also, mainly to do backups, but I wanted to way the enclosure size / gb / cost to get the most without going to big (want to carry it with MBP). One thing I am unclear on, most of the drives say USB powered, but when you start getting 350gb and above they don't say that. Are 'most' 350gb+ drives still powered by USB/Firewire or do they require a power adapter?
- James
- James
I've been using an Icecube Gen II with no problems to date (had it for about 3 years).
I've stayed away from Lacie drives as i've heard so many horror stories...?
I've stayed away from Lacie drives as i've heard so many horror stories...?