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Can we make a portable/external hard drive sticky?
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With the fact that pre-Intel Apple laptops have difficult-to-upgrade hard drives, and none of the iMacs can take more than one drive, external drives are important to most Apple users.
Can we make a sticky on recommendations for all-in-one, ready-made external drives, plus recommended firewire enclosures and accompanying hard drives?
I only ask because people seem to ask about this a lot, and the answers rarely (if ever) change.
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I agreee. There has been a rash of postings asking about external hard drive options. A sticky on this subject would help a lot of people out.
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Keeping in mind that someone else posted about this today...
Who's the main mod for this subforum? I'll PM and see if we can't do this.
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Q. Can anyone recommend a good external hard drive?
A. Buy an Oxford chipset enclosure and put a compatible hard drive in it.
Rest of thread: Seagate is bad... is it... I'm not sure.. I heard WD is best.. nah it's Maxtor... fair enough I guess... you want one? ..changed my mind.. wait can I use my current? ..not sure ...anyone used Lacie? ....STAY THE FOOK AWAY FROM LACIE... really? ...not sure.
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Who on earth claimed Seagate was bad and that WD or Maxtor was better?!
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You, me and everyone we know.
(In all honesty that was just from the top of my memory after the last HD thread, so don't take it too seriously.)
For a reliability/best list, simple do a google. Here's the first hit for me:
One of many HD reliability lists
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Note. the list I posted above is 5 years out of date, Google's algorithm must be off kilter at the moment...
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You'll find that most people here will agree that Seagate is the best option, although I believe their newest 10,000 RPM SATA model doesn't work correctly with the Mac Pros.
But, yeah. I don't think many, including CharlesS, have said that Seagate is worse than Maxtor or WD.
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You'll find that most people here will agree that Seagate is the best option, although I believe their newest 10,000 RPM SATA model doesn't work correctly with the Mac Pros.
But, yeah. I don't think many, including CharlesS, have said that Seagate is worse than Maxtor or WD.
This thread has become a mockery of itself surely? :sigh:
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