Digital BW, The Print

Hi Christy:
If you lower your size requirement to 400 GB, you'll find a more larger
selection and better GB/$ ratios. And go for one that has 2 Firewire ports
so you can daisy chain them.
Bert

Bert Katzung
katzung1@...
http://www.astronomy-images.com
http://www.visionlightgallery.com/katzung/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christy Stebbins" <caostebbins@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 7:23 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] External hard drives


Dear friends,

I'm out of disk space.  My research on the web for a reliable,
affordable and quiet 500 GB external hard drive for my Mac G4 dual
processor has narrowed the field to the following:

LaCie Big Disk Extreme
LacCie d2 Extreme
G-tech 500 GB.

The Big Disk has the advantage of a 16 MB buffer, and it is the
cheapest.  But is it reliable?

The d2 Extreme has only an 8 MB buffer, but it comes with a fan,
which leads me to believe it might be more reliable than the Big
Disk.  But I would have to live with the fan noise.  It is more
expensive than the Big Disk.

The G-tech looks sweet, but it's also the priciest.  It has no fan,
but is designed to stay cool; it has a two-year warranty compared to
the one-year warranty that LaCie offers, but it's $$$.

Any of you hard-driving disk space users out there want to weigh in
on your experience with the disks mentioned above?  We have also
looked into buying the components and building one ourselves, but I'm
not a techie, and I would prefer not to go that route.

Many thanks for your help.

Christy



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