I am
thinking about getting a portable external firewire drive, 40, 60, or 80
GB, mainly for backing up my important files and also for moving data
between the 2 computers.
I'm about two keystrokes away from pulling the trigger and buying an OWC Neptune 120GB external drive. Its under $160 (barely) and looks to be a good no-frills drive. My PowerBook has a 40GB drive which I've just about filled to capacity, mainly with my MP3 collection (and I ain't done rippin' yet!). I looked into upgrading the hard drive in my PB to an 80 gig Toshiba (?) drive that matches the specs of the OEM one in terms of size and RPM, but that's an expensive proposition. ~$280 for the drive, another $90 for a portable (bus-powered) enclosure (for the old drive), and then I'm figuring another $100 to have Apple do the upgrade, since I've got Apple Care on this 'book and don't want to void the warranty. So that's close to $500 to double my storage capacity. I *will* do it, but not right now.
The smaller, "portable" bus-powered enclosures and the 2.5" drives typically used with them are more expensive than their larger wall-wart-powered brethren, and that's what's motivating me now.
In answer to your question, yes, I think they are a good idea. More storage is always a Good Thing(tm), as are backups (and I'm sorely lacking on both fronts).
Hope that helps...
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