What external hard drive do you recommend for backing up iMac?

[iLoveMyApple]

My iMac is slowing down and I wanted to upgrade the RAM and upgrade to Snow Leopard from Tiger. Here are the specs:
Version 10.4.11
Processor: 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 1GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

I want to back it up before I upgrade to Snow Leopard. What external hard drive do you recommend? The only things that I want to put on it are my pictures from iPhoto and music from iTunes. I have 12GBs of music and 1,109 pictures in iPhoto. Also, how do I go about getting these things onto the external hard drive? Will it mount on the desktop and then I just drag my files into it? Sorry for all the questions. Thanks in advance!

 

[SnoFlo]

Hi,

I use Lacie and G-Tech 1TB backup drives and I've never had a problem with either brand. For your media, yes, you can just drag and drop the files/folders onto the backup drive when it mounts on the desktop (you'll have to format the drive in Disk Utility first, of course.)

 

[Yamcha]

I would recommend you get an enclosure and buy hard drive separate, for about $99 you could get 1TB of space

http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=48186&promoid=1053

http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=39419

$89 CAD, probably $100(CAD) shipped

If your in the U.S. just go to the US site, prices will be a bit lower

PS: You will get 3yrs warranty on that hard drive aswell

 

[heywoodja]

try this one!

http://www.collegehumor.com/picture:1943979

this should cover all your storage needs!