Portable (bus powered) USB2/FW400 hard disk

[RealEvil]

Hi,

I would like to purchase a 160GB+ (ideally 250GB) external (small) hard disk which has USB2 and Firewire. Will a SR MBP power the drive through a firewire port? A lot of the devices mention USB power only.

Any specific models to recomend?

Thanks,

Neil

 

[devman]

Yes, you can use bus powered drives - USB or Firewire.

There many to choose from. LaCie and Maxtor I like and have experience with.

 

[nateDEEZY]

Western digital makes a 2.5" usb bus powered 250gb hard drive.

 

[sbluetruck]

Apple sells a LaCie that has USB 2.0, FW400 and 800...

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=6644052C&nplm=TL204ZM/A

 

[nateDEEZY]

Apple sells a LaCie that has USB 2.0, FW400 and 800...

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=6644052C&nplm=TL204ZM/A

That's a nice looking one, especially with fw800 bus powered. But for the same price you could pick up a 250gb Western Digital 2.5" bus powered. I guess it depends what you want more.

 

[docc]

I got the Western Digital Passport from Buy.com for $159 (with google checkout). Its absolutely fantastic and i was stunned by its size and weight! Check it out:

http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digit...5?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1187211346&sr=8-1

 

[joepunk]

iomega sells usb/fw bus powered small HD's. You only get one year of warrenty though.

 

[polycat33]

USB drives aren't bootable though, right? So if you want to make a bootable clone you'll want something with FW 400 at least.

 

[devman]

USB drives aren't bootable though, right? So if you want to make a bootable clone you'll want something with FW 400 at least.

I think that's only true for PPC machine. Intel Macs can boot from USB.

The migration assistant during an install though only offers firewire as an option (if that matters).

 

[drozdovsky]

Apple sells a LaCie that has USB 2.0, FW400 and 800...

But it's 3.5" HDD, not 2.5".