I had a Seagate external eSata drive but it died 3 months after I got it! The warrant had already expired because it sat on the shelf at OfficeMax too long. That sucks.
It was a 2TB drive and I used it for storing my VMs off of my Win7 laptop (that I had at the time). Thanks Webster > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:37 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Webster's question is very timely... > > I didn't want to drag his thread off topic, so I'm starting a new one > > Not to brag (much), but I just picked up a Dell Precision 4600 laptop at a > really > good price - it's a quad-core machine with Win7 Pro, 16gb RAM and an ATI > Firepro video card, 1920x1080 display (15.6") and a 256gb SSD. ($1600 - sale > still going as far as I know.) > > Problem is, I'm pretty sure I made a small mistake. That 256gb drive just > isn't > big enough to hold the VMs I want. I should have gone with the 128gb > minicard and a 1tb hard drive. > > So, I'm also looking for an external drive, either USB3 or eSATA - if you had > the choice, which would you choose for putting in the laptop case for extra > storage? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
