I know hard drive questions been asked ad nauseum, but this one has a twist.
I just got my sexy new MP a little while ago. I decided it was time for me to retire my faithful Maxtor 200GB drive. It served well, but it's at least 5 years old and originally ran Linux on an athlon system, so I can't imagine it's going to last much longer. I have it as a Time Machine, but don't want to use it for regular storage. Between copying that stuff over, installing Vista (what is in that thing? 6gigs!) and the orange box, and other miscellaneous junk, the included 320GB drive is completely full.
So I think I'm going to get a terabyte drive. Since I also need a new router an am planning on getting an Airport soon anyway, I could get a Time Capsule with 1TB built in. (See, the twist!) However, I can't see the advantage as I have no problem seeing my MP over the network, plus wouldn't it be slower over ethernet than SATA? My MP does use SATA, right?
So unless y'all recommend otherwise, I'm probably going to go for an internal drive. Will any SATA drive work in the MP? Who makes the best drives these days? My Maxtor outlasted two computers, but they seem to be owned by Segate now, and I know nothing about Segate. While most of my stuff, such as programs and old gamesaves, isn't really that important and I have a Time Machine that covers ~/Documents, reliability isn't huge huge for me, but I might put an OS on the drive, and it always sucks when a hard drive goes down.
There are a lot of drives out there, so what should I look for. There seems to be an option for OEM or Retail. OEM seems cheaper, is there any reason not to get OEM? Are some drives faster than others? Is 7200 rpm still the fastest? Is there a brand that's better? All advice welcome, I haven't really bought computer parts since I got my first mac. I guess it's that whole "Just Works" thing.
Now it comes to actually buying the durn thing. I could just go to Best Buy and buy whatever they have and even get a "protection plan," but then, I would be a sucker.
Where do y'all buy components thee days? I used to use firstsource.com, but that web site nopw redirects to a site for call centers in India. (Top serious) I hear people talking about Newegg. Are they as good as anyone? Is there somewhere else that's cheaper?
Thanks for any advice,
gsfgf
I just got my sexy new MP a little while ago. I decided it was time for me to retire my faithful Maxtor 200GB drive. It served well, but it's at least 5 years old and originally ran Linux on an athlon system, so I can't imagine it's going to last much longer. I have it as a Time Machine, but don't want to use it for regular storage. Between copying that stuff over, installing Vista (what is in that thing? 6gigs!) and the orange box, and other miscellaneous junk, the included 320GB drive is completely full.
So I think I'm going to get a terabyte drive. Since I also need a new router an am planning on getting an Airport soon anyway, I could get a Time Capsule with 1TB built in. (See, the twist!) However, I can't see the advantage as I have no problem seeing my MP over the network, plus wouldn't it be slower over ethernet than SATA? My MP does use SATA, right?
So unless y'all recommend otherwise, I'm probably going to go for an internal drive. Will any SATA drive work in the MP? Who makes the best drives these days? My Maxtor outlasted two computers, but they seem to be owned by Segate now, and I know nothing about Segate. While most of my stuff, such as programs and old gamesaves, isn't really that important and I have a Time Machine that covers ~/Documents, reliability isn't huge huge for me, but I might put an OS on the drive, and it always sucks when a hard drive goes down.
There are a lot of drives out there, so what should I look for. There seems to be an option for OEM or Retail. OEM seems cheaper, is there any reason not to get OEM? Are some drives faster than others? Is 7200 rpm still the fastest? Is there a brand that's better? All advice welcome, I haven't really bought computer parts since I got my first mac. I guess it's that whole "Just Works" thing.
Now it comes to actually buying the durn thing. I could just go to Best Buy and buy whatever they have and even get a "protection plan," but then, I would be a sucker.
Where do y'all buy components thee days? I used to use firstsource.com, but that web site nopw redirects to a site for call centers in India. (Top serious) I hear people talking about Newegg. Are they as good as anyone? Is there somewhere else that's cheaper? Thanks for any advice,
gsfgf
