Toshiba or Western Digital for Time Machine

[Tumbleweed666]

Have been looking at both these drives for TM on my new iMac (delivery next week) The drive will be dedicated to TM. One is a Toshiba and one a Western Digital. Toshiba gets slightly better reviews and is a bit cheaper, any comment before I 'pull the trigger' and buy the Tosh?

Any other makes I should be looking at for example? I am in the UK so please don't laugh too much at the prices we have to pay here.

Toshiba
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001BG4QS4/ref=ord_cart_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE


Western Digital
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Dig...m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=03QVD46K1GTDFTKMKBCB

 

[txnoob]

I think either would be a fine choice. I would prefer something with firewire connection, but that' just me.

 

[tamasvarga67]

I don't think you would go wrong with the Toshiba. If you read the reviews you can find + and - for both drives. And the price is not bad at all ~$100 for the 1TB Toshiba...

 

[Tumbleweed666]

I think either would be a fine choice. I would prefer something with firewire connection, but that' just me.

I would also, but you seem to have to pay a lot extra for firewire and as its only for TM, speed isn't as big an issue as it might be if I had frequently accessed data on it. Plus, thinking about it I have two USB 2 drives on this PC and speed isn't a problem with them.

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Pentium 4, 1GB, Win XP (1 week to iMac delivery )

 

[randy98mtu]

I recently got the home edition (includes FW) of that Western Digital from Dell for $120 US shipped. Search Dell for the following. It's still listed for $109 on their page.

Manufacturer Part# : WDH1CS10000N | Dell Part# : A1308512

 

[Sebby]

I'm using a Western Digital MyBook Home with Time Machine, connected by Fiewire. It works great.

 

[Tumbleweed666]

I'm using a Western Digital MyBook Home with Time Machine, connected by Fiewire. It works great.

Thanks guys, but the WD firewire is literally twice the price of the Toshiba here in the UK :-(
http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=uk&l=en&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1&sku=A2177738

You are paying $109, its £136 here which at a guess is about $180.

 

[Spares]

I use a WD MyBook for timemachine through USB, and it works great.

 

[Sebby]

Thanks guys, but the WD firewire is literally twice the price of the Toshiba here in the UK :-(
http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=uk&l=en&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1&sku=A2177738

You are paying $109, its £136 here which at a guess is about $180.

A bit cheaper here.

 

[Tumbleweed666]

A bit cheaper here.

Decided to go for the Tosh in the end, £70 vs £120 on that link* and will do what I need, sit there quietly (no fan) and store TM backups.

*Never thought of Play as a source of PC equipment must look there in future thanks