I recently web-ordered a 250GB OWC drive (USB2/FW combo, at the right price for me at the time -- right around a bit over $100), and I LOVE it!
It's bus-powered (off my Mac PowerBook G4), so it's a quick and easy external plug-in without a lot of additional hassle. I'd recommend this drive (and its siblings of different sizes) to anyone. KR > LaCie cables are really short — maybe a foot. But I've got a LaCie > 500GB d2 Quadra and I absolutely love it. It's a little noisy when > it's doing something, but it's fast and reliable. And on top of that, > it's gorgeous. > > Can't really say anything about OWC hard drives. I've always stuck > with LaCie, and I've never had one of their drives fail me. Ever. And > I've had LaCie hard drives since 9GB was big. (Actually, I've still > got that SCSI drive and it works like a charm.) > > Isaac > > On Dec 14, 2008, at 8:37 PM, Al Poulin wrote: > >> >> Shopping for "Quad" interface eSata, FW 400, FW 800, and USB 1TB >> external hard drive. >> >> I have narrowed the possibilities to the LaCie d2 Quadra and the OWC >> Mercury Elite Al Pro Quad. The OWC carries a Hitachi rebate. I do >> not know what vendor's mechanism is inside the LaCie. >> >> Dan, one of the experts on this list, likes his LaCie 500GB. Would >> users who know these drives please comment, good and bad? Advantages >> and disadvantages? How long are the cables from LaCie? OWC cables >> are only 3 feet long. >> >> Many thanks, >> Al Poulin >> >>> > > > > > Ken Rossman [email protected] 973-202-0974 (cell) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
