On 26/05/2009, at 6:16 PM, Chris Burton wrote:
Hi Ronni and Sue
Thanks for the reply and its good to be back in the mix. It was kind
of weird not having all the wamug emails daily and it only twigged a
short while ago!!
re the usb drives, I was amazed to see such a large drive being usb
powered now. Im going to take my MB in tomorrow and just plug it in
and see if I can drag a couple of files across. Not bad value at
under $200 for 500gb!!
thanks again
regards
chris
Just be aware that your enthusiasm may be curbed if you ever try to
copy very large amounts of data at once (such as cloning your hard
drive!). USB 2.0 tends to choke and slow to a crawl under such
conditions. This is why a drive with a Firewire port, while more
expensive, is a much better option. It is much better at sustaining a
transfer rate.
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Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services
FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, Western Australia
Phone (618) 9332 6482 Fax (618) 9332 0913
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