On 27/05/2009, at 8:21 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
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.
--
I certainly agree with Peter, I personally would not purchase a USB
External Drive for backup purposes or transferring large Video files.
Firewire is faster and more stable.
Cheers,
Ronni
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