You said "real time work. You can't do actual real time work with any computer or drive, although you can certainly come close. But the storage device is irrelevant if you have adequate memory.
Paul via phone > On Dec 9, 2016, at 10:35 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > Many of us did "real work" with USB 2 and USB 1 external drives. Fast is > nice, but it's not essential. > > Paul via phone > >> On Dec 9, 2016, at 7:09 PM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> If you're going to be using the external HD for any real time work, you're >> going to need USB 3.0. The way to tell, if they followed convention, the USB >> 2.0 ports are white the 3.0 are blue. >> >>> On 12/9/2016 4:51 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: >>> My computer is an HP 8000 PC with 4g ram and 1tb hard drive... got it >>> refurbished without a lot of documentation -- I don't know if my USB ports >>> are 2 or 3 >>> >>> Does it matter? The Sea-gate 2t is $89 at my Staples and I have a $16 >>> coupon from them... Ijust want to backup everything on to it.. I only >>> have200GB of hard drive free on the internal - need to prune but though it >>> would be nice to backup first... >>> >>> ann >>> >>> >>>> On 12/9/2016 2:19 PM, John wrote: >>>> That's pretty good. >>>> >>>> I just checked the exchange rate & $99 CAD is $75 USD, so that's about >>>> $15 USD cheaper than Staples is selling them here in the states. >>>> >>>>>> On 12/9/2016 7:17 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >>>>>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 8:36 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> Dave - how much is the 2tb at Stapleswhere you are? >>>>> >>>>> Local store has them for $99 on sale >>>>>> >>>>>> ann >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 12/8/2016 10:38 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have decided, now that i have the time, to transfer all of my CD and >>>>>>> DVD back up photo disks to an external HD, I need a new one anyway and >>>>>>> Staples has a nice Seagate 2tb on sale. I also have a number of 32 gig >>>>>>> thumb drives i thought might also do the trick. Just curious would the >>>>>>> transfer rate be better from the CD player to externals as opposed to >>>>>>> thumb drives.? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Dave >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> There is not enough Coffee in Columbia to make me a morning person. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
