Hi Sarah and the list,
I'd recommend the elements drive as well. I got the 2.5 tb model off
Amazon. It was decently priced in my opinion. I like how it's so quiet
you can barely tell it's running.
Hope that helps!
On 2/14/2012 2:48 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
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
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