External Harddrive???? Which one.

[BigJohno]

Im want to get an external hard drive when I buy my MBP. I want to load bootcamp onto it and mainly play games on it. Should I go with Firewire 800 or 400??? and Which one should I get? Also i want it to be around 160-250 gigs.

thanks

 

[BigJohno]

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[MagicWok]

WD MyBook Pro - 500 GB. Comes with USB2/FW800/400, is virtually silent, fantastic performace and has some cool features. Fairly sure you can daisy-chain them via FW800 too.

It looks great and is pretty cheap.

Definately recommended.

 

[Wordy Dirts]

Awesome , I was just about to make a thread on this topic. That WD MyBook Pro is pretty cool but are there any smaller alternatives that still keep intune with the simplistic design of the MBP.

 

[thedude110]

I love my Lacie 250 gig ... runs around $180, but has been consistently functional (and pretty sexy too, I think). I connect to my PB via FW 800 and data moves fast enough.

 

[djejrejk]

WD MyBook Pro - 500 GB. Comes with USB2/FW800/400, is virtually silent, fantastic performace and has some cool features. Fairly sure you can daisy-chain them via FW800 too.

It looks great and is pretty cheap.

Definately recommended.

I have a my book pro as well- its a great drive and FW800 comes in very handy.

 

[MacRumorsReader]

eSata

This is what you really want (less than $300):

One Expresscard 34 eSata Card

One Two bay hot swappable hard drive enclosure . Hard drives included.

Speed.... Lots and lots of speed. You may not actually need it, though.

 

[e12a]

This is what you really want (less than $300):

One Expresscard 34 eSata Card

One Two bay hot swappable hard drive enclosure . Hard drives included.

Speed.... Lots and lots of speed. You may not actually need it, though.

can you find one with a sata splitter? in other words, one that uses just one sata port?

 

[puckhead193]

I love my Lacie 250 gig ... runs around $180, but has been consistently functional (and pretty sexy too, I think). I connect to my PB via FW 800 and data moves fast enough.

i'll___insert number I have one and its awesome sexy and sleek to match a mbp or mac pro

 

[MacRumorsReader]

can you find one with a sata splitter? in other words, one that uses just one sata port?

I haven't seen the 2 bay ones with a port multiplier. But I've seen some 5 bay ones. But they were a teensy bit more than I wanted to pay.

Although, you can get a port multiplier for about a hundred dollars

 

[NewSc2]

OWC / Macsales.com has some pretty good ones. Never purchased them but it's on my list after doing some research. Probably would stay away from the RAID configs.

 

[iCaffeine]

I recently purchased a Lacie d2 Drive from NewEgg. So far so good.. Also its matches my mbp which is a plus.

 

[Clix Pix]

I've got La Cie 250 GB and 500 GB external hard drives for use with my iMac and MBP, and they have always worked just great for me. When I travel I use the La Cie "Rugged," which is 80 GB (I believe they also have a 160 GB version), as it is small and easy to stick into luggage or laptop bag.

 

[kerisimasi]

rugged

I've got La Cie 250 GB and 500 GB external hard drives for use with my iMac and MBP, and they have always worked just great for me. When I travel I use the La Cie "Rugged," which is 80 GB (I believe they also have a 160 GB version), as it is small and easy to stick into luggage or laptop bag.

i 2nd the lacie rugged (i have 120gb)....I back up everything on it and it is very light and smaller than I thought it was in the pictures.

 

[Clix Pix]

I was in the Apple store today and saw that they now carry the sexy-looking G Technology G-Drives, so I couldn't resist....picked up one for my Mac Pro, as it will look so nifty with it! They had only the 250 GB drive and smaller ones, not the 500 GB that I really would have preferred. This will do me nicely, though for what I have in mind and right now it is busily backing up photo files that I hadn't done recently..... Now I will sell one of my La Cie drives to a friend who has been needing/wanting one.

 

[patrick0brien]

I always prefer LaCie D2's as their enclosures are effective Faraday Cages, e.g. electromagnetically tough.

 

[illustratorDavi]

I just got a Western Digital MyBook pro edition 500gb.

Superb drive, really fast with firewire 800, looks cool and is very quite. Only cost me £130 - bargain, dropped £60 this month.

David

 

[jamesarm97]

I had been looking at external drives also, mainly to do backups, but I wanted to way the enclosure size / gb / cost to get the most without going to big (want to carry it with MBP). One thing I am unclear on, most of the drives say USB powered, but when you start getting 350gb and above they don't say that. Are 'most' 350gb+ drives still powered by USB/Firewire or do they require a power adapter?

- James

 

[BCains]

I've been using an Icecube Gen II with no problems to date (had it for about 3 years).

I've stayed away from Lacie drives as i've heard so many horror stories...?