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Old 12-23-2007, 12:12 PM   #10 of 22
Christian Behrens
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Re: Recommend a new external HD


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Originally Posted by MatthewA
I'm at the end of my rope with my LaCie Big Disk 500GB, and now I want to replace it. I am thinking of getting something 1TB or either 2TB (I work with video), and most important of all is its reliability.

Is there anything under $1k that anyone here recommends?

Another vote for the OWC drives. Very reliable and the speed is hard to beat.

Generally, on the Mac there is nothing that beats the transfer speeds of FW800. Even when only FW400 is available, it will beat the transfer speeds of USB2.0 every time. E-SATA is not readily available for the Mac (no drivers built-in), but real-world speeds wouldn't best the tried and true performance of FW800 anyway, so my recommendation is to go with that.

-Christian



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