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Ext large FW HD's recomendatons?
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Hello
I now have a Canon DV cameara and plan to use the iMovie4.
Id like to get a firewire ext HD to use as a 'holding place' for video from this camera and old VCR tapes.
I have a G4Dual now, plan to get a G5 dual when the flat panels have smaller pixels.
G4 is 400 FW.
it seems that the 200 - 250 GB range is a good "value" with plenty of room.
Ive had LaCie drives in the past and found them to be an excellent company. they may have quantum drives.
I have a WD HD in the G4 in additon to a "barracuda" Ive had no problems with these.
should I buy by 'price?' WD vs LaCie
should I buy just the drive and a recomended separate encloser?
should I get a 800 FW now realizing that it will only get these speeds on the 'future' G5, or save and get the 400 FW now and deal with these issues later?
thanks for your advice and experience
Tocca
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You should definitely just get the drive and then an enclosure. You can get drives as cheap as 25 cents a gig nowadays after rebate, which is much cheaper than if you get a regular external.
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www.firewiredirect.com has some good stuff. I am going to purchase a replace for my 80GB any day. I would like to get a 320GB FW 800 (even though I have a G4 - it will be 'more' useful when I get a G5)
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Originally posted by Toccatexx:
Hello
I now have a Canon DV cameara and plan to use the iMovie4.
Id like to get a firewire ext HD to use as a 'holding place' for video from this camera and old VCR tapes.
I have a G4Dual now, plan to get a G5 dual when the flat panels have smaller pixels.
G4 is 400 FW.
it seems that the 200 - 250 GB range is a good "value" with plenty of room.
Ive had LaCie drives in the past and found them to be an excellent company. they may have quantum drives.
I have a WD HD in the G4 in additon to a "barracuda" Ive had no problems with these.
should I buy by 'price?' WD vs LaCie
should I buy just the drive and a recomended separate encloser?
should I get a 800 FW now realizing that it will only get these speeds on the 'future' G5, or save and get the 400 FW now and deal with these issues later?
thanks for your advice and experience
Tocca
Some days ago I opened a thread on this. Maybe it contains valuable information for you (if you don't mind my lousy english).
Michael
Sarotech or Lacie external case
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thanks for the advice.
Wheezer:
can you direct me to sites where I can look for drives that are on the order of 25 cents/ gig?
Ive found only about $1 / gig
thanks Ill look for the encloseres at the other posters reference to firewire.
thanks again
\Tocca
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