Haven't gotten around much on equipment lately and can't say much about Fantom Drives themselves, but here're my prefs:
I like LaCie desktop drives (Porsche Design), which are now in a bargin mode with most resellers, as well as the LaCie website (also recon units). For graphics storage and access, I prefer Firewire units; for music storage, I like USB units. With that in mind, I recently got a reconditioned USB 250 GB drive for $80. MacMall has 250 GB Firewire drives for $135, and ClubMac should have similar deals. As Lee mentions (and jf in the past), there are several makers that also have models that do match the Mini's footprint: Newer Tech, LaCie, as well as Fantoms' own MiniMate, to name a few. Regards, Russ Preston On Aug 1, 2006, at 9:36 PM, Stuart Ungar wrote: > Well, amazingly enough, i've maxed out my hard drive > on my mac mini (80GB). i guess i have a lot of music > and photos but didn't think it would happen so soon! > any thoughts about what my best options are? i got > the mini because it was so minimal, but now with a > external hard drive it will be much less so! i think > if i had it to do over, i would have just bought the > iMac with a larger hard drive. > > i found this online: > > http://www.clubmac.com/clubmac/shop/detail~dpno~7005291~name~500GB > +7200rpm+G%2DForce+MegaDisk++USB+2%2E0+Hard+Drive~mfg~MDU500.asp > > is this a good deal? sounds like the footprint (and > general size) will be much larger than the mini! but, > i think i have some space under my desk. i really > like the idea of having all my photos and music > available and some room to grow. > > all thoughts appreciated! > > -stuart > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be July 25 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 25 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
