Best external Hard Drive to use with my iMac 800

thegelding

too many iMovies of the kids....need more HD space...what would you recommend i get?? assuming firewire and 60 to 100 gigs....looking for a reliable, fast drive to store iMovies on....thanks g



eyeing up this one... <a href="http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno=565266"; target="_blank">here</a>



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fellowship

That is a nice looking potential choice



Are there any with cache buffers such as 8 meg?



I just installed an internal HD in my PC that has an 8 meg cache buffer at 7,200 and it is fast.



Just thought I would get you to consider the bigger cache buffer size.



Fellows

splinemodel

Go to OWC (www.macsales.com). They sell a pretty good selection of drives, and they make it clear how much cache it has.



They also sell excellent FW drives and FW drive cases. Oxford 911 based, so they are top-shelf.



Try this

<a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Item.cfm?ID=4993&Item=OWCMEFW120GBJB"; target="_blank">http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Item.cfm?ID=4993&Item=OWCMEFW120GBJB</a>;



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dygysy

I have the LaCie d2 external hard drive (120gig version) and its great, fast, silent and it comes in a beautiful case.

murbot

Don't make me ban you.







heh heh



Everyone laugh at thegelding







(sorry man... )



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thegelding

sorry mur, thegelding sez in an embarrassed whisper, i is not so good with the smarts....thinking i was asking about current hardware, but it ain't current Apple hardware...ahhh, so many lessons to learn, so few days left in my life....sigh...how long is my ban for???



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thanks dygysy, will likely get on just like yours....looks nice and will triple my storage...g

murbot

It was only a 15 minute ban, that's why you were able to post again in this thread. It had expired already.

thegelding

ordered the LaCie d2...not a very patient man....should be sitting next to my iMac in two days...g

miami craig

I have this one, Firewire / 120 gig / 7,200 rpm. I use it with ProTools, all my digital audio. Great f'ing drive. Fast. No problems to date. Good value.

asaph

Im a big fan of all things LaCie... well, everything i've seen anyhow. There's just something about having a blue-eyed HAL sitting atop ones desk that makes you want to go out and conquer someone with massively expansive storage space, or speedy CD burning power. Depending on what LaCie device you buy.

(Proud owner of a FW LaCie 48x12x48x CD-R drive)

thegelding

just shipped....from <a href="http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=298908"; target="_blank">here</a>



wonder if i will see it wednesday or friday (figure thursday is out)....yeah, should look great next to the white iMac...ummmmmm, glowing blue eye thingy....yummy g

eman

out of all places why did you order from compusa?

thegelding

cheapest and fastest for this item.....80 gig drive is $219 at lacie and most other places...plus it is on backorder at lacie and most other places....at compusa i got it shipped in 24 hours and it was $199...so even with tax and shipping it 2 days fed ex, it was still only $220....and when it arrives i will have more than doubled my hard drive capacity (60 on the iMac 800 and 10 on the iMac DV 400)......g

thegelding

weeee, according to tracking it is sitting on my porch....must head home to play (the benefits of living in the boonies...fed ex and ups just drop everything at the door and run).....g

dygysy

You really did your homework, that is the best price for that drive, who would have thought that CompUSA would be the cheapest, they usually aren't even near the cheapest on anything.

mac's girl

[quote]Originally posted by thegelding:

<strong>weeee, according to tracking it is sitting on my porch....must head home to play (the benefits of living in the boonies...fed ex and ups just drop everything at the door and run).....g</strong><hr></blockquote>



i know where you live... and i already picked up your package and ran for the hills. hmm, it's a little heavier than i thought, but its a beaut!

thegelding

hey mac's girl....great to have you back!....now return my freakin hard drive :eek: g

eman

[quote]Originally posted by thegelding:

<strong>weeee, according to tracking it is sitting on my porch....must head home to play (the benefits of living in the boonies...fed ex and ups just drop everything at the door and run).....g</strong><hr></blockquote>



Well I don't live in the middle of nowhere, just regular suburban NY and they do it here too.

thegelding

EbOy...did they do that with your iBook?? i had my iMac 800 sitting on the porch for about 8 hours till i got home...even with where i live i was a little nervous about that....the drive works great....Os X is really nice with this plug and play shit...it came with a couple of cds (a manual and a driver cd), put it said to do nothing if you are running X...just plug in the power, hook up the firewire and boom, neew icon on desktop....sweet and simple....just like my loviable cousin harry the microcephalic......g

eman

Well I got my iBook 2 days before I moved here and I got sick of waiting for it to ship so I ended up canceling my online order and getting one at The Wiz so no they didn't do it with that. They've done it with Jaguar, my firewire hard drive, my burner, and various other things.