Juelie, I will point out that what I am about to suggest is purely what I have heard from others without any 'hard' evidence but...
- the Oxford 911 firewire chipset is the best, check what chipset your potential drives have. - If you can find a review on these drives check what the ACTUAL transfer rate is. Supposedly the actual rate can vary immensely and rarely reaches the 400Mbps maximum. Having said that, I have a 40Gb (5400 rpm) Maxtor firewire drive (no idea on ths chipset) and it's great as an external drive...then again, I'm easily pleased. Scott Geelong, Australia. -----Original Message----- From: Juelie McLean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 30 September 2002 4:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: External HD Hi Gang: My son would like an external hard drive: 7200 rpm, 120Gigs, Firewire. All the ones I have checked on seem to average in the $250-270 range.....but they all seem to be pretty much alike in their descriptions.... ALL USE THE SAME: Bus Interface -- Firewire (IEEE 1394/Link Compliant, 2 ports) Capacity 120 Gigs Max Data transfer rate 400Mbps (50MB/sec) System Requirement Mac w/ fiirewire interface and OS 8.6+ Power supply 110v-240v auto switching external power adapter Standard Mechanism: 7200rpm ATA/100 2 mb cache buffer -------------- LaCie Desktop FireWire Hard Drive -------- Other World Computing Mercury Elite Pro $279 2.7 pounds 1.5 in (W) x 9 in (D) x 5.5 in (H) 2 yr warranty --------- Fire and Ice (Think Computer products) $249 less than 3.5 pounds 1.5 in W x 9 in D x 5.5 in H 3 yr warranty -------- Cobra for $249. at PC Connections 6.2pounds 7 in x 8.9 in x 2.2 in 2 yr warranty --------- Western Digital $329 ------ Does anyone have any advice on what brand they think would be the best buy? Thanks in advance.... -- Juelie McLean Olde World Santa Dolls by the Santalady http://www.santalady.com/ *{;o)}}}}} Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
