[billybob128]

as i have decided to get an alchemy tv/dvr i thort that my 40 remining GB would not be nearly enough so a new HD will be needed (i havnt got a superdrive)

should i go for an internal or external as i have one slot left free inside the G5?

lower price is nice - isnt it always? so are there any suggestions?

thanks

ps i also need some form of surge protector for my room as i have 9 plugs into 2 sockets (uk) any ideas so far i have found:
http://www.apcc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=177
http://www.mgeups.com/products/pdt23...ps/cl/clbs.htm

any better ones? thanks agen

[denim]

Originally posted by billybob128:
should i go for an internal or external as i have one slot left free inside the G5?

Internal is good for "cheap". External is good for "portable", as in "move it from this machine to that machine without a screwdriver".

I was downloading a big binary on my G5 to an external drive. I'd been downloading it for days, as it appeared on USENET. Then the day came to move my G5 to a new locale, with the binary not yet fully downloaded and no telecomm in the new locale. So I moved the external drive to the Wallstreet with a Firewire Cardbus card, and continued downloading as I had been. I couldn't have done that with an internal drive.