LaCie Hard Drive

[tembusu]

I am thinking of buying an external hard drive and have narrowed down to either a LaCie Hard Drive (Porsche) or Seagate or Iomega. Size 160 or 200 GB with a USB2.0. To be used with Mac and PC. Any recommendatoins?

 

[combatcolin]

Lacie triple interface is cool.

Bit pointless if you don't have fw800 though.

Get a drive that has FireWire and USB 1+2, handy if you lug it around anywhere.

 

[russed]

i wouls say try and get a firewire 400 one if possible. firewire lends itself to external hard drives so much better

 

[PlaceofDis]

i wouls say try and get a firewire 400 one if possible. firewire lends itself to external hard drives so much better

i agree, firewire can sustain that transfer rate whereas usb only tansfers in highspeed in burst

at the least get a firewire/usb combo just to be safe and have compatibility, not hard to find either, and Lacie is a very good brand, highly recommended around here

 

[tembusu]

If I go for a LaCie Hard Drive, it is either USB or Firewire and the only way to go for a combo is their d2 which cost USD60 more for a 200GB whilst a Iomega is USD25 more. Getting the USD2 is more a convenience for my PC

 

[russed]

i agree, lacie are very good drives. both my friend and myself have one (i have the d2,my friend the firewire porsche) and we have had no problems with them (touch wood!)

 

[tembusu]

If I am to use the LaCie for Mac and PC can I just format the hard drive as a FAT and will a MAC and PC be able to read and write to the drive. Also is there any limitations formatting the hard drive as a FAT drive?

 

[7254278]

I have the porsche 160gb usb2 formated in fat32 which works flawlessly with a mac and pc.

 

[tembusu]

Thanks, will most likely get the LaCie porsche 160GB with a USB connection

 

[Cooknn]

I have the porsche 160gb usb2 formated in fat32 which works flawlessly with a mac and pc.

I've got the same drive. Works great now that I have the fixed Silverkeeper backup utility for Tiger

 

[combatcolin]

Hmm, wonder which way you voted eh Russed?

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