[reemas]

Lacie Triple Interface:

160GB - $188

200GB - $238

250GB - $265

are any of these a good price? these prices are after tax and shipping. basically, the final cost.

thanks.

[Detrius]

macsales.com
newegg.com

[SierraDragon]

My LaCie 400 GB "Big Disk" crashed at 53 weeks of age. "Too bad" was LaCie's response, told me to buy another one at full price.

I bought a 250GB FW800/400 USB2 OWC Mercury Elite for US$298 and so far it is great. <http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Pa...amp;Template=1>

I plugged the Mercury in and it worked, no problems. My recall was that the LaCie took some effort to get it right, even before it died so soon.

I have dealt with OWC with other products, including returning third party RAM for a PB17 that I returned to Apple, and they have been first rate. Their prices are very competitive but I would buy there even if they were not because - unlike LaCie - they have done right by me even when they did not have to.

[reemas]

ok i think im going to do what ive heard the most: buy a seperate enclosure and hd. i'm looking at seagate already for the 5 year warranty.

as for the enclosure, factors like power, chipset and size issues are confusing. is there a compatability factor for the case and the hd? do i need to buy a specific power case?

and can anyone say if this case is good:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...351&amp;depa=0

thanks all!

[SSharon]

reemas. that case should work fine, its nice looking too. it is a bit pricey but it is aluminum and it does have firewire and usb 2. If you are looking for a cheaper option search for the coolmax firewire/usb2 case. its also aluminum, kind of long, no firewire 800, but I have one and I like it a lot. I also have a much cheaper plastic case (fw/usb2) that also has given me no issues, heat or otherwise.

[olePigeon]

http://www.transintl.com/store/categ...?Category=2519

I think this one is really slick lookin'.

[romeosc]

Western Digital 160GB IDE for $60 shipped after rebate

Add an external case for $30

[amazing]

Originally posted by reemas:
ok i think im going to do what ive heard the most: buy a seperate enclosure and hd. i'm looking at seagate already for the 5 year warranty.

Reemas: what laptop do you have? For example, if you've got the 12" then you don't need firewire 800, and the 12" doesn't have gigabit ethernet. If you've got a 15", then you'd be shopping for enclosures with fw-800 and you'd have gigabit ethernet.

I assembled a fw-400 HD for a 12" using this enclosure from newegg.com. Macally cases are rugged and the aluminum dissipates heat. If you want lightweight portability, you'd get a plastic enclosure...

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...602&amp;depa=0

If you don't need USB 2.0 (the only reason you'd need it is if you're planning on connecting to a PC) here's an enclosure with just fw-400 for about half the price:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...608&amp;depa=0

Macally also has cases with fw-800, which cost more (do a search on newegg.com)

[amazing]

Originally posted by olePigeon:
http://www.transintl.com/store/categ...?Category=2519

I think this one is really slick lookin'.

Nearest I can tell is that this enclosure is for 2.5" laptop drives? If you want a 3.5" large capacity HD, this won't work.

[reemas]

thanks. i have 15" 1.5ghz powerbook.

i finally decided, and went with a w.d. hard drive. 7200 rpm, 8mb buffer, 8.9 ms seek, 250GB for 150-50 = 100 bucks at outpost.com

and as for the case i went with this one:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...351&amp;depa=0


its a fire wire 800 case. i want to use this HD as a scratch disk, but don't think the 800 was necessary, at least according to some of the posts.

Total setup after shipping and tax cost me $230 for fw800 250GB setup.

not great, but not bad i think.

damn uncle sam!!