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Whats the best External HD for mac.
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That's all we use at work for large broadcasting files when we deliver them. Have never had a problem except for one that was defective out of the 25 that we've purchased.
Western Digital Passport Studio is the way to go. Got my 500GB for $100. It has USB, FW 400/800, and a nice enclosure.
I have the WDH1Q10000N 1TB drive with the firewire 800, and its great. I use this with the unibody MBP.
Anything Goes
I know this isn't probably the answer you're looking for, but anything pretty much goes with externals. My brother is a closet Mac guy (meaning he still owns a PC but is almost ready to convert) and we have 4 external hard drives we use. They are all different and they all work for both computers. So, unlike many other things, external hard drives seem pretty versatile. I've never had any formatting problems with any of them (aided greatly by us both using VLC). Hope this helps!
I know this isn't probably the answer you're looking for, but anything pretty much goes with externals. My brother is a closet Mac guy (meaning he still owns a PC but is almost ready to convert) and we have 4 external hard drives we use. They are all different and they all work for both computers. So, unlike many other things, external hard drives seem pretty versatile. I've never had any formatting problems with any of them (aided greatly by us both using VLC). Hope this helps!
Are these drives any good?...i bought one earlier today but i'm now second guessing myself.
Iomega eGo Portable - Hard drive - 250 GB - external - 2.5" - FireWire / Hi-Speed USB - 5400 rpm - buffer: 8 MB - Ruby Red. Costs £131.67 on Amazon and was £88 at the Apple store (surprisingly cheaper)
Iomega eGo Portable - Hard drive - 250 GB - external - 2.5" - FireWire / Hi-Speed USB - 5400 rpm - buffer: 8 MB - Ruby Red. Costs £131.67 on Amazon and was £88 at the Apple store (surprisingly cheaper)
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I have a Thermaltake BlacX Dock for my Seagate 1TB drive. Works like a charm. It's a USB only, though, no firewire on the model I have.
Do you mean internal HD's or external HD's? Cuz my Lacie 500GB external works like a charm and I've never had a problem with it (and it was cheap too)
+1 for LaCie, their "BigDisk Extreme+ Triple Interface" line offers cheap RAID 0 storage with FW800. http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=10922
I have a Western Digital Passport 160 GB and it works just fine; I've heard good things about Seagate's FreeAgent external drives as well.
If you're looking to go cheap, I'd imagine you could pick up an inexpensive USB 2.0 hard drive enclosure for somewhere around $25 and toss in a 500 GB 5,400 or 7,200 RPM hard drive which can be had at for less than $80.
If you're looking to go cheap, I'd imagine you could pick up an inexpensive USB 2.0 hard drive enclosure for somewhere around $25 and toss in a 500 GB 5,400 or 7,200 RPM hard drive which can be had at for less than $80.