You have given good advice about drives here before so I'm not sure what
any of us can offer.
I like to shop and buy from OWC, or at least look there and then compare
prices. I've always bought Hitachi, and have never had a drive problem,
and been leaning toward the 7200rpm drives, for whatever tiny advantage.
So far I've always gotten enclosures with USB and Firewire and generally
use Firewire for speed and reliability. It's sad that Apple is phasing
out Firewire.
If you love the MacBook and it's holding up well, get a 320 or 500GB. It
must be quite new so it's worth a good one.
I like buying from somewhere I trust. About the only time I buy a
bargain is if I see something I like from Costco.
Does that help at all?
b_s-wilk wrote:
I need a new drive for my MacBook. I'm considering two external USB
drives that I might open, remove from the case and put into my Mac,
after testing for a few weeks.
I picked up a WD My Passport Essential 500GB drive on Friday, but
reviews don't look good. How does it compare to the Seagate FreeAgent
Go portable drive? I have a larger FreeAgent drive that was defective and
replaced; it's been working fine since the summer. The WD Passport has a
microUSB port like a digital camera, and the cable tends to get
disconnected.
My other option is to buy a bare drive and an enclosure for the old
drive. 5400 RPM is OK. Max [supported] drive size for my MacBook is
500GB. Which bare or external drives are more reliable?
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