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OK, so my 60GB iBook drive is almost full, since I'm a photographer and do video editing as well, so I'm in the market for an external. I decided to go the route of an internal HD and an enclosure through Newegg.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822154414 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817145133 Advice? That is the combo I picked out after being told by a friend to stick to Seagate. |
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Any reason why you're spending $30 on an enclosure with no internal fan that doesn't have Firewire?
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http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop/...pno~267264.aspI have that one and i love it.
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I don't want a Lacie because I don't have much trust on the future of FireWire in the consumer Macs. That enclosure was the best cheap one I could find.
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I don't need FireWire...
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Two big reasons: 1. The USB 2 data transfer implementation on Macs seems to be lacking. Despite the theoretical speed of USB 2, FireWire is faster every time (see graph below). 2. USB data transfer spikes your CPU usage - FireWire does not, because it's processor-independent. |
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OK, well, I can't find any enclosures on Newegg with FireWire, but I'll keep looking.
Any thoughts on the hard drives choices I picked? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822154414 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144701 |
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Agree with FireWire rec. Shouldn't this work? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817146602
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$42 is a little bit high, I was looking for under $30 for the case, but if I can't find anything else, that will work.
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anandtech.com is the best place to find HD deals
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Damn, finding the enclosure is proving more difficult than choosing an actual hard drive... |
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You're better off using PATA. |
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148100
Same storage size, a little lesser price and non SATA. |
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There's no point in buying SATA. It's a great standard, but it's not useful to you at all. Get good old PATA/IDE. Not only is there no advantage to SATA for you, there are a boatload of firewire enclosures for PATA/IDE. |
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OK, looks like I've got my setup ready. Thanks for the help!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148100 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817146602 |
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Yeah. I use that same case for a Seagate drive that I have. No problems with it.
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I've been storing my larger files (images/iTunes) on an external iomega drive with a USB2 cable instead of Firewire because the specs said that USB2 was faster that FW400 but I switched cables and I have to say that initial results are great. Files seem to be zipping back and forth much faster now. |
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Woo Hoo! My files are flying now that I've swiched from USB2 to FW400
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I'll likely be ordering my 250gig Seagate drive with the Macally USB/Firewire enclosure here in a little bit
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I'll just pipe in here quickly, Firewire hard drives are also able to boot mac osx independent from the computer, you can't do that with an USB hard drive.
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I know what you meant to say. |
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No problems with the drive yet (6 months), so I assume the enclosure is doing its job. |
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"Can boot from the external HD instead of the one in the computer" |
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ORDER'D.
Got the Seagate 250GB and the Macally case, and while I was on Newegg, got 512MB of Corsair to double my iBook's RAM, and a Crucial multi memory card reader for my cameras. Total including shipping: $201, with a $10 rebate coming. Not bad at all. |
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I picked up the WD My Book 250 GB, 7200 RPM firewire/USB 2.0 for $172, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136027 plus some more for shipping. I kept reading that using an internal HD plus enclosure was the way to go, but to be honest, I thought this external drive was a little more appropriate for me given my level of skills (= minimal). On the plus side, I was able to figure out how to backup my entire PB G4 in about 40 seconds (using SuperDuper) and spent the next hour outside in the sunshine while the files transferred. Thanks to other AN members' suggestions. Oh and I've read that WD is no Seagate, so I'll keep my fingers crossed. I do like the appearance of the My Book.
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