HI everyone
I have a Mac Book and after 4 years, I had maxed out my laptop hd, my back up hd and my OWC 160Gb external hard drive and decided to get a new 2TB external hard drive. Basically, the plan is to, additionally to my files and music, I want to digitize all my movies and if it gets too small maybe to be able to daisy chain (I've heard that although you can daisy chain with diff speed FW, it is recomended you use the same speed). I have narrow it down to these two which have similar characteristics:
1. Western Digital (WD) My Book Studio Edition:
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digit...erface/dp/B001UHWYEW/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
2. OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro:
https://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/MEAQ7H20TB32/
The main differences, I see are:
1. WD : plastic closing, 1 Firewire, 5 year warranty, $229,00 (or less) with free shipping.
2. OWC: (Hitachy HD)Aluminum closing, 2 Firewire 800, 3 year warranty, $283 + $7/sh
I am leaning towards #1 WD, mostly because of price and warranty. But I really had a good experience with OWC as a company and my old hard drive was from them. Please help me decide, I need to get it soon!
I have a Mac Book and after 4 years, I had maxed out my laptop hd, my back up hd and my OWC 160Gb external hard drive and decided to get a new 2TB external hard drive. Basically, the plan is to, additionally to my files and music, I want to digitize all my movies and if it gets too small maybe to be able to daisy chain (I've heard that although you can daisy chain with diff speed FW, it is recomended you use the same speed). I have narrow it down to these two which have similar characteristics:
1. Western Digital (WD) My Book Studio Edition:
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digit...erface/dp/B001UHWYEW/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
2. OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro:
https://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/MEAQ7H20TB32/
The main differences, I see are:
1. WD : plastic closing, 1 Firewire, 5 year warranty, $229,00 (or less) with free shipping.
2. OWC: (Hitachy HD)Aluminum closing, 2 Firewire 800, 3 year warranty, $283 + $7/sh
I am leaning towards #1 WD, mostly because of price and warranty. But I really had a good experience with OWC as a company and my old hard drive was from them. Please help me decide, I need to get it soon!
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