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BrazenPRO InfinityMember since 2008
so Looking to probably buy a new external, read a few posts but a lot of thoughts were from a while ago, so just wondering what people think is a good suggestion for a hard drive these days.

I have been using WD.

my 2 fave choices at moment are to get

Western Digital 1TB My Passport Studio
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005MHN53K/ref=dra_a_cs_mr_hn_it_P1400_1000?tag=dradis-21


or
LaCie Rugged Triple USB 2.0 1TB (FW800 / FW400
http://www.amazon.co.uk/LaCie-Rugged-Triple-FW800-FW400/dp/B003SO4F38/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=14TIM9VZ4EGQW&coliid=I3CI7DQK85PPD8

anyone have any thoughts on these or other suggestions.

and what do people think on having a separate power supply for hard drives as opposed to be powered by usb/firewire etc. as both the above suggestions are powered.

many thanks.
 
Posté Sat 13 Oct 12 @ 6:03 am
BrazenPRO InfinityMember since 2008
any thoughts?
wanna get this ordered and am very interested to hear what other opinions are?
 
Posté Tue 16 Oct 12 @ 8:59 am
I'm looking for a harddrive aswell. Make sure you don't have to format it to a mac, before buying it.
 
Posté Tue 16 Oct 12 @ 10:01 am
gkon116PRO InfinityMember since 2006
Brazen wrote :
any thoughts?
wanna get this ordered and am very interested to hear what other opinions are?


I bought a HD from OWC, I bought the 4TB drive that has 2-2TB drives in a RAID 1 configuration. Their customer service is awesome as well & it comes with a 3 year guarantee with 48 hour warranty turnaround. It comes formatted for MAC by default, but they'll format it for Win/Mac use. It's a super quiet device, can't hear it at all.

It's on the expensive side, but I think it's worth it.

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/usb/raid_1/Gmax

Nick
 
Posté Wed 17 Oct 12 @ 9:19 pm
I am a big fan of the WD Passport Studio. I have the 2tb firewire version, works great and is small in size.
 
Posté Thu 18 Oct 12 @ 9:05 am
Go with Firewire, it is more stable that USB and you dont use up a USB port
 
Posté Thu 18 Oct 12 @ 11:53 pm
jack290PRO InfinityMember since 2012
I have a Seagate Goflex that is USB 3.0. My MBPro is only USB 2.0. They sell a docking base that would upgrade the drive to Firewire. Would this boost performance? or cause issues?
 
Posté Thu 01 Nov 12 @ 11:27 am


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