iso: External Hard Drive (pref portable)

Nov 14, 2007 at 2:43 PM
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Does anyone have recommendations on a (portable) hard drive for a Mac?

I saw several on sale on buy.com and bestbuy.com but wasn't sure how they would work with a Macbook (in reality). I'm not looking to spend more than $150.

My Macbook has 80GB and I have about 8GBs left. LOL. I mentioned it to Bubba and he was taken aback. Hey, I rip a lot of books on cd... and movies and tv shows... what can I say? About 25 GB is music, a couple movies, and about 16 books on cd. I also have a bunch of programs that suck up my hard drive space - Final Cut Express, Office 04,

I also need to back up all of my photos.

I figured I'd like something around 120-160GB so I could partition it: 1. all media and 2. everything else.

Someone...? Thoughts?

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i have the 160gb wd passport. it cost around $140. they also make a 250gb for around $200. i like it a lot b/c it works great on my mac, and also is ultra portable.

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=262

I have a 250gig Seagate from Fry's last x'mas when they had massive sales - i got mine for $175! If you can wait until around the holidays, that'll be a good time to get one. I like Seagate & La Cie - just whatever you do, do NOT get a Maxtor. Massive HD failures are pretty common. I have more than 2 friends who have lost everything because they bought Maxtors.

We have a 60gb WD passport.. but it just died this weekend. I think it was dropped. =( At least there's a warranty and we have extra backups.

i have a maxtor but maxed it out recently with photography stuff. we bought another external hd at costco (not portable i don't think) but it's cute and white and set up on a network so we can share it and um, has a lit blue circle on it.

can you tell i have no idea what i'm talking about?

thanks for your recs, all! i'll look around some more. i wanted a portable hd mostly bc i'm lazy. good to know about maxtor - are you reading this, s?

check out freecom products!

http://www.freecom.com

i'll ask aaron when he wakes up. :P he's sleeping. he's such a geek. we did freaking TAPE back up's for a while.

daydreamy replied to kinsiekins’ comment:
Nov 15, 2007
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lol. i think you have the western digital my book. ;)

http://www.wdmybook.com/en/editions/

i recommend this one as well (it's gosh darn cute!), but not as portable.

LOL @ kinsiekins comments. i wanted to chime in on maxtor....i hate it. 'nuff said. their interface sucks and it makes my computer crash! i'm getting a new one this weekend. thanks for the info girls.....just in the nick of time. ;)

now i dunno about portable extrnal drives, but THIS is the most shmexxy external drive i have ever seen...

Sarah, not sure if you saw my comment after yours, but I'd move data off that maxtor drive ASAP...

i just got a 500g external for under $200 so i can use it between my MacPro & MacBook. I got it from the academicsuperstore.com.

geek talk is so sexy. i love it.

A topic right up my alley!

• Ditto with the Maxtors. I like a nice Lacie myself, though most models require an external power source.

• Remember, ALL hard drives will fail eventually.

• Have you considered backing up to DVD? I like burning to DVDs because they offer a few advantages over external hard drives.

1. They are permanent. No "accidentally" overwriting on the DVD.

2. They can be left off property. I know of several instances when a computer went up in smoke or was burglarized. Where was the back up external hard drive, you ask? Right next to it, so that was gone as well.

DVDs can be put in a safety deposit box or family members home. NOW that's protected data. Your MacBook can probably burn a DVD-DL. About 9 GB per disc.

iso: External Hard Drive (pref portable)

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