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External HD suggestions
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Cape Cod, MA
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My iMac's HD is filling up fast and I would like to know if anyone has some suggestions (I know most of you do) on which is the best deal for my iMac.
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Join Date: Oct 1999
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SCSI or FireWire? Or, gasp, USB? If you have a choice to go with something other than USB, take it. It may be a bit more expensive, but USB drives crawl...
As far as FireWire goes, you can't beat <A HREF="http://www.vsttech.com/">VST</A>'s portable drives, but they're pricey. <A HREF="http://www.fantomdrives.com/">Fantom Drives</A> and <A HREF="http://www.quadmation.com/">Quadmation</A> both make good FireWire solutions as well, and they're cheaper.
I haven't been following SCSI lately...
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You could also replace the existing hard drive in your imac. If you have the slot loading imac go to http://www.imac2day.com/installhd.shtml and that show a step by step on replacing the hard drive. If you have an older imac go to http://www.theimac.com/drive_steps.shtml and that will show you how to replace the hard drive in the older imac.
If you still want an external hard drive www.clubmac.com had some nice deals on both firewire and usb external hard drive. These are the firewire or usb to ide hard drives so if you get one and someday deside that they are not large enough the hard drive inside them can be replaced with a standard ide hard drive.
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Join Date: Nov 1999
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I have a older (Rev D.) iMac, and i want to use USB.I don't feel like tearing up my iMac so i will go with the external USB one. I am not looking for amazing speed just so i can store all my MP3s, my graphic art work, and somne stuff i don't really need imediatly i will still keep my programs on my internal one.
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[This message has been edited by sek929 (edited 04-14-2000).]
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Sorry to say, but you wont find amazing speed with a USB HD. To put it gently, USB sucks. I strongly suggest a new internal HD.
USB is slow, unstable, and the USB ports on a Rev D. iMac share a single bus (confirm anyone?).
Sorry if I just made your descision harder, but I don't like seeing Mac users getting inferior products...Wintel users however :-)
Cipher13
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If i do vouch for the internal one is there a way to transfer my data fromn the old drive to the new one without the use of removable media, such as my zip drive?
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Did you check out the link I posted?
If you replace your internal HD, it can then be installed in an external case (around $70-80 I believe) and be connected to your iMac via USB. Thats how you would transfer those files.
Or, just buy a CD-R(W). Which one?....I won't open that can of worms. 
I guess I'm glad I don't have all these USB problems others are having. The only USB problem I ever had was fixed by Apple's first USB Update.
I disagree that USB is "unstable". I use 7 USB peripherals and have had problems with none of them.
Justin
Rev B iMac/160 Megs RAM/OS 8.6
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