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| jrsl76 Senior Member  Perfection 4024 Posts 8/07 |  Posted - Jan 20 2008 : 11:31PMI think it's time to get an external hard drive in the near future as my MacBook Pro is starting to slow down with all my music and various downloaded files. I've only done cursory research so far, but I'm probably looking in the 500GB range so I have some room to grow. I'm curious which drives any of you would recommend. This is all fairly new to me. I've always been a computer user, and haven't had to know very much about any of this, but I would like to know more about computers in general now that I finally (this year) have my own. Thanks!  [Link] |
| OneLouder Member 203 Posts 12/06 | Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 12:10AM I got this particular drive as it has a five year warranty, which would suggest that more reliable parts are used than in a model with a one year warranty. I don't want to recommend any particular brand, as a google search will show they can all fail. I would just say, pay a few extra dollars for a five year warranty model. Hope this helps.  [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 1:19AM What I will say is that you can outgrow 500 gigs before you know it. At this point, if I was getting a new one (and if I could afford it), I'd go for a terabyte. There's one surefire rule with hard drives. You can never have too much hard drive. It will never feel bad to have tons of free hard drive space. Then again, terabyte drives are still expensive and if you get one and it bites the dust in a short period of time, you're going to hope it has a good warranty. You'd think $500 would buy you a great warranty along with the drive but not necessarily. You pay a premium for bleeding edge technology. Still. I have never been satisfied with my hard drive space. No matter how much I had. [Link] |
| saddlegals Member 7 Posts 1/08 | Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 2:17AM I think it's true you can never have enough storage, but there's a sweet spot for hard drive prices right now, and 500 GB seems to be a good value. [Link] |
| ChodeMasterJ Perpetual Marxist 5405 Posts 4/03 | Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 3:09AM [Link] |
| saddlegals Member 7 Posts 1/08 | Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 3:19AM And, with Leopard, it's very easy to set up for automatic backups. If you're not on Leopard, Carbon Copy Cloner (http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html) is really great. [Link] |
| skronker Notable Legendary Icon Scopophiliac 9780 Posts 9/02 | Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 3:24AM I'm gradually storing all the music files on it. Using the older Lacie 300GB "Triple Extreme"(har) for visual media. However, I really need a couple of days straight to do all the shifting around from old computer drives, etc. [Link] |
| jrsl76 Senior Member Perfection 4024 Posts 8/07 | Posted - Feb 21 2008 : 6:34PM [Link] |
| HarryWild Member Make me believe 622 Posts 2/05 | Posted - Feb 24 2008 : 3:13AM [Link] |
| ChodeMasterJ Perpetual Marxist 5405 Posts 4/03 | Posted - Feb 24 2008 : 4:41AM if i had $289 to burn i'd get the WD 1TB drive at Office Depot. It's got firewire800 and everything. oh if i had the money... [Link] |
| jrsl76 Senior Member Perfection 4024 Posts 8/07 | Posted - Feb 24 2008 : 5:38AM [Link] |
| Unicorn Member 156 Posts 4/04 | Posted - Feb 25 2008 : 6:45PM Western Digital makes a nice 1 TB unit with 2 drives you can set up in a Raid 0 and supports USB, Firewire 800 or the External SATA plug - if you want the best performance and are willing to pay a premium and you have the supported interface on your system - this would be a good get for you. If you are editing HD video, this is a no brainer. For just routine backup and archiving of (ahem) digital documents and images, just about anything will do. I find shopping online for this type of gear stretches your $$$. Newegg or Mwave or even Amazon knocks off all the big box retailers on pricing. I like neweggs user reviews. Hope this helps! [Link] |
| ChodeMasterJ Perpetual Marxist 5405 Posts 4/03 | Posted - Feb 28 2008 : 2:14AM [Link] |
| blowfish Member 874 Posts 1/08 | Posted - Mar 23 2008 : 10:35AM [Link] |
| AlexPanzer Deactivated User 1593 Posts 6/03 | Posted - Mar 23 2008 : 11:56AM [Link] |
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