Actually I recommended the 2tb usb elements drive not the passport. I don't even like the way that thing looks lol! it looks a bit too much like a book. lol! The elements drive is extremely quiet. I can't even hear it when it turns on except for every once in a while. If I ran a server I'd try and put these things in. but for home use it is quite good and does the job quite well. I've had it for close to a year now with out any issues.
Take care all. Sarah Alawami: owner and founder of WICS Radio America. Check us out on the web at http://wics.cc and thanks for listening On Feb 14, 2012, at 11:34 AM, Esther wrote: > Hi Colin, > > You'll probably get other suggestions, but if I'm buying an external HD for > storing work data, where I care most about reliability, then I'll buy a > G-Technology Drive: > http://www.g-technology.com/ > > I purchased a 3 Terabyte G-Drive (SATA with both USB and FireWire connectors) > just before Christmas for just under $300 (about £190). There are certainly > cheaper solutions. And I know that Gordon recommended the Promise Smartstor > DS4600 system as a RAID disk system (which is industrial strength -- not > something I'd use as a single user who is not working with servers and > storage.) Sarah recommended the Western Digital My Passport Essential drive > (look for her review from last August). That's a portable drive. I've been > a bit leery of the Western Digital portable MyPassport drives since reading > a lot of bad reviews in Fall 2010 (I bought one from the Apple Store, found a > ton of failure reports around that time, and returned it without using. The > salesperson who exchanged it for a G-Drive admitted that he had bought one of > the WD MyPassport drives a couple of months earlier and had already had to > send it back twice to the manufacturer.) Not sure why there was such a > plummet in quality, because the early models reviewed well. I think the > larger Western Digital My Book Studio drives are still well regarded. > > I'd go to a site like Newegg.com, or Tiger Direct, and read the reviews and > ratings by customers. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Feb 14, 2012, at 8:37 AM, Red.Falcon wrote: > >> Hi all! >> I'm looking at getting a external HD and was wondering which make's people >> think are good matches with the Mac! >> I'm new to buying them so have no idea which are good or to avoid! >> TIA >> Colin >> >> >> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
