[Kozmik]

I'm a video semi-professional, and recently purchased a Sony DCR-TRV320 to use with Adobe Premiere and Final Cut Pro. My friends in the business all have Firewire hard drives, and I knew from the beginning that the tiny 13-gig drive in my iMac DV SE wouldn't cut it. Here's the question: I've known for a long time I'll need to buy a Firewire hard drive to store digital footage, but I need to know which one to buy. I know LaCie and Western Digital are good brands, but they are quite expensive. I recently came across a Maxtor 80-gig hard drive for $400. This, obviously, is a great deal (and it's fast enough for video editing)! However, I've heard Maxtor does not make great hard drives. Does anyone have one of these drives? Should I buy it, or settle for a smaller capacity for the same price from a brand I've had more experience with? Any help would be appreciated!

[CaseCom]

I don't know where you heard Maxtor doesn't make good drives; they're popular replacement HDs for iMacs (I have one myself). The Maxtor FireWire drives are a little bit of an unknown entity because they were just introduced. But Maxtor is a good brand, so if the price is right and the speed is fast enough for your needs, I'd say go for it. Then let us know how it is!

[Kozmik]

I've actually decided to go with an OWC drive. It's faster and costs less. Only 30 gigs, but that's all I actually need at this point.

[scottiB]

Kozmik,

Have you considered an ADS Pyro kit and adding any third party drive?