Hard drive for Time Machine...

[jawzzy]

So I'm about to buy an external hard drive to use with Time Machine on my Macbook Pro. I carry it around to classes and on my skateboard and it scares me to think what might happen to my laptop if I fell. So, I had my eye on this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136174

I really only need 320 GB, because I have a 120 Gb internal and only use about 90Gb.

I looked at the price of building one myself, and it seemed to be almost more expensive.

Are there any cheaper options? I'm a poor student and thought I would get the opinions of these forums before hitting buy.

Much thanks to anyone who can help!

 

[darwinian]

I find the price of those drives at Newegg to be very reasonable. That enclosure is quite basic, however, so putting one together may just be more economical. (It's not like it's a FW 800 or eSATA).

You might want to look at their passport line of drives that are smaller, if you would like it to be reasonably portable as well. That probably comes at some extra cost, though.