Goodness, you don't need to apologise! Thank you for drive suggestions - I shall explore
many thanks again alastair On 11/12/2011, at 12:57 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > Sorry Alastair, > > I forgot in my previous reply to answer your query :-( > > On 11/12/2011, at 10:56 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> But I see that if I should get in such a fix that only an erase and >> install would do, now that I am away quite a lot, then a bootable >> clone would be really handy. What do you suggest - a little portable >> fw drive if there's such a thing? > > Yes, a weekly Bootable Clone is essential for your Powerbook. > > Yes, there are many (as I have quite a few ;-) Compact Portable > Drives - Multiple Interfaces FW400/ FW800/USB2/SATA. > I prefer Firewire, but also need the other connections for > computers other than my own. > > Always Bus-powered – no AC adapter needed. I have found (when I was > supporting some ‘Yuk-Windows’ Machines that I needed to use the AC > adapter). But never have to on any Macs I’ve supported or owned. > > Brands are numerous. I go for recommended brands (I never go cheap > with Drives) that I have used and know they haven't let me down. > They have come DOWN in price and UP in Size … 1TB are a good size > and reasonably priced now days. > They are also lighter and slimmer, which you need. You don’t want > something bulky to try and fit in your Computer Bag. > > There are always new models coming on the market so I’m hesitant to > recommend a particular one for you. > > Do some Google searches for 'Compact Portable Drives for Macs? and > you will get a hit like this: > <http://www.google.com.au/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Compact > +Portable+Drives+for+Macs% > 3F&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&ei=gzbkTsWzKYafiQevm6kO> > > TinyURL in case the link above doesn’t work: > <http://tinyurl.com/7l7zo5u> > > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" > 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD > > OS X 10.7.2 Lion > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/ > wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
