External HD Options

[jondob]

So I hear everyone should back up their HD.

I have a 2011 13 mbp 320hd. I'm looking for a external hd so I can back this hd up just incase... I'm in Canada, looking to spend around 50-100$.

What about this?

http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/prod...spx?path=a72a543276a6a9a5b9b8ea0693838088en02

 

[miles01110]

Pick the one with the best warranty for your budget. No platter-based hard drive is better than any other.

 

[snaky69]

So I hear everyone should back up their HD.

I have a 2011 13 mbp 320hd. I'm looking for a external hd so I can back this hd up just incase... I'm in Canada, looking to spend around 50-100$.

What about this?

http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/prod...spx?path=a72a543276a6a9a5b9b8ea0693838088en02

If you're going to be using the drive strictly for backups, USB will do, but if you plan to use as storage for large files, go for a FireWire enclosure, it'll much much faster.

With that said, that enclosure and drive looks just fine.

 

[ECUpirate44]

No platter-based hard drive is better than any other.

Absolutely false. There are many brands that get better reviews and ratings than others. Some HDD's are known to be noisy and unreliable. To say that all hard drives are equal is silly.

 

[propalitet]

Check out the seagate goflex. They said they will release thunderbolt adapter in the summer, so even if you buy it now with usb or firewire, you can just buy the thunderbolt adapter cable when it's out.

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/external/external-hard-drive/

 

[jondob]

Check out the seagate goflex. They said they will release thunderbolt adapter in the summer, so even if you buy it now with usb or firewire, you can just buy the thunderbolt adapter cable when it's out.

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/external/external-hard-drive/

Kind of out of my price range... If I buy the one I posted will I be able to buy a thunderbolt attachment to use with that one.. If not it's fine not really a big deal to me..