Seeking External FW HD Recommendation

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I'd like to get a 1 Terabyte external hard drive to use with my MacBook Pro. I'd like this to be a Firewire drive because, well, you're reading MacRumors so you know why Firewire is preferable to USB.

Does anyone have any recommendations? I'm looking for the usual characteristics: reliable, quiet, fast, and of course inexpensive!

TheBuffalo from NewEgg looks pretty good, but I've seen mixed reports about some of their other products, especially from Mac users.

 

[bdj33ranch]

I've have good experience with OWC. If you dig down into the specs on a particular drive that interests you it will tell which manufacturer and model of drive is being used.

 

[Vudoo]

I like my LaCie drive and I haven't had any problems with it.

 

[TheStrudel]

OWC makes good stuff.

I also like Fantom Drives' products.

 

[Aboo]

I vote for the WD Mybook Studio 1 TB. It comes with FW800, USB, and eSATA so its got all three interfaces. I own the 1TB version, and picked it up on sale for 125 dollars just recently at Dell. The transfer rates have been good and it comes with a 5 year warranty (and also complements my unibody mbps/acd setup nicely )