I used to swear by the Deskstars and Travelstars. Pretty sure Toshiba is still selling. Also HGST, though WD now owns them.
> On May 31, 2016, at 7:23 AM, Carl Hoefs <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> On May 30, 2016, at 4:59 PM, @lbutlr <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> (Seagate externals are seagate drives internally, but if you remove them >> from their cases, the warranty is void). > > Okay, so it looks like I'm in the market for a new external USB drive, > 3 > TB. > > - I've heard the above quote is true, that if you take an overheating > external Seagate drive out of its unvented plastic case, the warranty is > void. > - And I've heard that Western Digital uses some sort of always-on hardware > encryption chip hidden in their external drive case electronics such that if > the enclosure goes bad, you can't simply move the drive to another case or > use it as an internal drive. You're hosed. > > Any recommendations? I'm leaning toward getting an internal Seagate drive and > putting it into an external USB case of my choosing (w/fan). Who else even > makes HDDs these days? > -Carl > _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
