On Nov 25, 2011, at 5:34 AM, Ben Kernan wrote: > I have to replace the drive in my external drive which will be used for > backup purposes. I currently have an 80 gig laCie which dates back to the > emac g4 era... It is totally inadequate for use today! What is a little > confusing to me is the variety of drives out there... ATA, IDE & SATA. I am > not interested in SSD. I want this for home network backup, not time > machine... Besides my 700 gig 24" imac, I also need to backup my wife's new > 320 gig Macbook Pro. > > > Ben Kernan: 24"I-Mac 2/2.8/700, graphite g-4 1gig/400/52, iPad 2/64/wifi, > iPhone 3g - Dedicated Mac user since 1990 > > --
You can buy a new Seagate 2TB USB external Hard drive for under $100.00. The hard drive in your external is probably an IDE and a 500 GB is about as large you'll find and they're not cheap. John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA MacPro 2.66 Quad Nehalem -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
