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External HD with firewire and no separate power supply?

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stevo8

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I was wondering if theres an external similar to the Mypassport that runs firewire 400 or 800?
 
Oh sweet, Im really digging that passport as I have had really good luck with my myBook and current Passport. Plus I can keep the same general scheme going with it. Stupid question but why is there a mac specific hard drive?
 
There's no such thing, it's just a stupid marketing ploy. You can reformat it when you get it to whatever you want.
 
miles01110 said:
stevo8 said:
Stupid question but why is there a mac specific hard drive?
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There's no such thing, it's just a stupid marketing ploy. You can reformat it when you get it to whatever you want.
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Not entirely true. There are some firewire controllers that work with Windows but don't work with Macs because the vendors cheap-out on components. The drives from the Big Names generally work with Macs, but avoid the No Names.
 
stevo8 said:
Oh sweet, Im really digging that passport as I have had really good luck with my myBook and current Passport. Plus I can keep the same general scheme going with it. Stupid question but why is there a mac specific hard drive?
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Just to expound on everyone else a little bit, the drive is pre-formatted for HFS+ which Windows cannot read without some extra software so it is kind of mac specific for that reason, but like was said earlier the drive can be reformatted.
 
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