ext hard drive

odfish_ · Post by **odfish_** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 13:05

can any of you lovely people recommend an external hard drive to speed up my laptop.
make, model etc
have got usb2 and firewire connectiuons available.
thankyou

Post by **bart** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 14:31

i have a maxtor DV 5000 (or somethhing like) that and i can recommend it highly ...

MFx_ · Post by **MFx_** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 14:34

Got a Western Digital of 200 Gb and it's working good, got both usb 2.0 and firewire.

Superficial_ · Post by **Superficial_** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 20:56

here's my Lacie Hd.. works like a charm...
it's a firewire Hd 120 Gb..

odfish_ · Post by **odfish_** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 15:28

bless you all
have gone for a western digital usb2 120gb jobby
(cheap deal at local shop) and all seems well.
The speed THE SPEED!!!
od

Steve_ · Post by **Steve_** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 08:18

LaCie have a 120gb harddrive on the apple site cheap (Â£159), and they are small and very good

SuperficiaL_ · Post by **SuperficiaL_** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 09:05

LaCie's new drives are great. but i trust fans more than i do the new cooling system...
its a aluminum housing that cools the drive, and in a hot club with much sound i rely on the fan cooled drives...
without a fan the drive never gets cooler than the suroundings... but than again the drives are really small fast and not expensive (and they look great)...

greetz Superficial

zooph_ · Post by **zooph_** » Fri Nov 07, 2003 16:06

what about speed - i found some nice pocket firewire drives that run at upto 5400rpm - is this fast enough? or do i need a 7200rpm drive? Am looking to buy a drive this afternoon so if nyone could let me know

SuperficiaL_ · Post by **SuperficiaL_** » Fri Nov 07, 2003 17:11

well...
if i was you would buy a 7200 rpm

good luck... SuperficiaL

metaprofessor_ · Post by **metaprofessor_** » Fri Nov 07, 2003 23:48

this 250 GB special edition drive by western digital is the BOMB: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/combo250gbse.asp

the neon-colored lights are a bit cheesy, but then i realized that they're cool at gigs because they light up my area with a glow. it also supports both usb 2.0 and firewire (480 and 400 Mbit/sec, respectively).

if you're going to mix live video, don't mess around - get 7200 rpm, 8MB cache, usb 2.0. sell all your other possessions to raise the funds if you have to!

peace.