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External Firewire HDs
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spagiola
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Dec 17, 2003, 09:22 AM
 
Does anyone know of a site that compares external firewire HDs? I'm looking for something in the 100-200GB range, and there seems to be something like a $50 price range at any given capacity. I'm just wondering if there's any good reason to prefer the higher-priced drives -- something I should be looking for in the specs, or something that's not there but important (e.g. reputation of being more reliable)?

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Dec 17, 2003, 10:35 PM
 
http://www.dealmac.com/

It seems there are few FW-only drives released these days, as it's real easy to put USB 2 and FW 2 on the back. You can find 120 GB FireWire drives all over the place, varying in quality, between $140 and $200.

I've got a LaCie 120 GB myself, and it's excellent. I wouldn't go with a Maxtor, if you find one for a deal, because three of the four drives (of several types) I bought from them failed within six months.
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