External hard-drives?
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- rabattski0
http://www.lacie.com/products/pr…
but it doesn't get bigger than 100 Gb mind you.
this is the one i have and it's a bit bulkier than the other one but very pleased with it.
- toe_knee0
i have this one so sturdy and makes a really nice noise when the hd spins. http://www.lacie.com/products/pr…
- shaft0
external SATA 150 MB/s
Internally hdds don't reach 100MB/s, as I remember. So with ATA 100, 133, 150 you're still at the same speed, unless it's coming from cache ram memory. Correct me if my information is outdated.
- ribit0
I have a few d2's, plus the Mobile...it's really nice for moving stuff quickly between different computers, and as extension to the Powerbook to take our complete archives with me when travelling...just the drive and a short cable.
- ribit0
sorry...this is the new LaCie SATA external drive:
http://www.lacie.com/products/pr…
- paraselene0
i live in a firetrap of lacie bigdrive 500gbs daisy-chained all over the damned desk. it's been great for working with video.
sometimes i experience anxiety, though, because i have seen a lacie or two kick the bucket in my day.
- shaft0
any recommendations for an external housing?
- quamb0
get a normal hd, think they are 3.5" - and an external case. wabang. all done.
saves dollars.
if want crossplatform, format as pc - tho formatting for mac, on a mac, works alot better.
- tara|gee0
not 2... i also put all my stock cds on there so i can search more easilly :P cuz im lazy
- Donvitoviti0
iTunes
movies
backup
photosplus its smart to back up the backups on DVD.. hard drives will fail sooner or later
- designerror0
Backup, iTunes, Stock cd's and Fonts
- tara|gee0
i used to do that donv and wouldnt u know th e one dvd i needed was scratched to hellll!l :_(
- toe_knee0
I keep loosing the connection from my external drive its a pain in the ass, drops off every 10 minutes and needs to be rebooted. anyone come acroos thiis and know a way to fi it?
- tomkat0
my ext HD died once. pain in the ass bigtime.
use DVD RAM now for backing up, ext HD could hold some data+iTunes Lib, yes.
- rabattski0
yep. i use my external firewire drive as backup + bootdisk (os x) in case os dies on my machines i can still boot. and once in a while i'll burn old stuff on cd and delete it.
- mowax0
Enter response:
how about firewire/usb hd enclosure like this one--> http://www.thinkgeek.com/computi…
or http://store.greenlaptop.com/non…
i've been using it. it''s working pretty well.
- ribit0
We backup on Firewire drive... no need for DVD backups (assuming two drives dont fail on same day).
- jox0
There are cases for internal hd's to run as externals??
Somebody please enlighten me with links!
- toe_knee0
every external hard drive is just the same as an internal one but with its own casing