I'd go for a USB3 hard drive, it'll run nicely via USB2 on your iMac, then shift to 5gb/sec USB3 on a new Mac.
Regards Sam MacAmbulance Providing affordable Apple & PC services Sam Mullen 07747 778022 http://www.macambulance.co.uk i...@macambulance.co.uk On 1 Apr 2013, at 12:19, Phil Tomlinson <philip.tomlins...@btinternet.com> wrote: > Dear SMUGs > Can anyone advise on the prudent purchasing of new equipment for someone with > an elderly mid 2007 iMac? For example, the firewire in the Mac simply says > '"up to 800Mbps". Googling "Firewire" there seems to be various types. My Mac > is,of course, too old for "Thunderbolt". My question is if I buy a new backup > hardrive or indeed any other new stuff, will I be safe in getting something > with Firewire? Firewire + Thunderbolt (to be future proof)? Some other > combination of connectivity? > > Phil T > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
