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?
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LaCie Hard Drive
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combatcolin
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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.
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 said:
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
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
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?
