Ah cool. good I'm not the only one who loves this drive. I got mine from b&h photo video for about 80 bucks. andy it's just amazing. and the read write speeds are pretty good for usb2.0. IN fact when my tm drive dies I'm getting an elements what ever the size will be in 2 years lol!
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 11:52 AM, Kevin Andrews wrote: > 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> <--- 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/> > > > -- > Kevin J. 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