95 C4 993

I dont even know what I will do with all those songs but it will make a nice mix and dumping them on to my 80gig Ipod. Getting bored with 500 iTune songs!!

Reuben

I have been baclking up my whole iMac harddrive every night on to the 160GB model with no problem - does anyone know whether USB connection is significantly slower than firewire? Can one run these suckers in tandem? Funny how 160GBs is nothing now that one stores 1000s of iTunes, digital photos and movies on ones hard drive. I cannot even remember the storage capacity of my first PC back in 1982!

tj90

I believe that the primary differnce btw USB 2.0 and firewire is that the computer controls data stream in USB. In firewire the peripherial controls data stream. That is why for video editing firewire is preferred since the peripherial is playing back the video. With USB, there might be data loss as the peripherial stream data but the computer is not ready...

Of course, for HD applications, I dont think it matters and pick the type based on how many / type of ports you have on the computer.

bravocharlie

This drive is made by LaCie. If you do any type of research on this company LaCie and more specifically, this Porsche design drive, you will find that it has unfavorable ratings and is not considered a reliable drive. If I recall, it was primarily due to heat issues.

I did a bunch of research a year or so ago and found G-Tech to be top of the line. I have two 500GB externals and am very impressed.

95 C4 993

Maxtor, Western Digital, Seagate- All good brands and been in the market for a very long time.

Regardless what you pick as manufacture, backing up your data is always a good move. Its when you lose your data, you wish you had something regardless of who made it.

Slow Guy

My first PC for work had (2) 5 1/4" floppies, no HD (1984). My first PC for myself had a 10 Meg (not Gig) HD and I couldn't imagine what I was going to do to use all that space!

In the Navy prior to that, I worked on a Sperry/Univac 1219B computer for my missile radar system. It was the size of a 'fridge and I think it had 32 Meg of memory, IIRC.

p_carfan

I bougt one of the FireWire versions about a year ago, great little unit...

speed12sil

It really depends on luck(yes I know this is unscientific but...) as well as the model purchased. Some people swear by WD whilst others Maxtor. My experience with Maxtor has been nothing but trouble. Had a external 120GB die on me after 1 month(brand new). the one sitting in my PC right now still has Boot table fragment everytime I do defrag. No problem with WDs in the years I've been using computers.

BTW I know for a fact some 300GB can get *really* hot and this worsens when they're placed in confined space with poor ventilation, e.g., external HDs.

I'd personally prefer WD from my experience.

Ed Burdell

My hard drive was my first Porsche, and that put me on the slippery slope to owning one of the cars as well. No problems with either so far...