Reccommend an External FireWire HD

[mas]

As title please, 320gb+ ... to be used with Time machine on the mac

Thanks

Sam

 

[Longy]

We've just got a 1TB external for £70+vat but thats USB2 - still quick enough though tbh.

 

[martynh]

USB2 quicker than firewire no?

Not that you'd be able to tell the difference mind.

 

[Longy]

USB2.0 is 480mbp and firewire is 400mbp yet Firewire still has a faster throughput. upto 70% on some stuff

 

[martynh]

geek

 

[Longy]

geek

 

[mas]

Firewire 800 these days chaps

 

[timmmah]

We've just got a 1TB external for £70+vat but thats USB2 - still quick enough though tbh.

What one is that mate?

I need an external HDD and 1TB would be perfect!

 

[Mike_182]

USB2.0 is 480mbp and firewire is 400mbp yet Firewire still has a faster throughput. upto 70% on some stuff

Depends if you run it on one of the bus's hubs or on one of the direct channels, as a lot of machines integrate 'hubs' (particularly laptop chipsets pre-945) to give more than 2 USB ports. Desktops rarely suffer the same problem.

As has been said, Firewire 800 (larger connection IIRC) is much faster than that, although personally I'd choose a Gigabit-based NAS.

 

[mas]

It will be used with macs time machine, then will need a second to run as a portable drive.

I do alot of video editing, multimedia, graphics and would be sick if i lost it all!!

 

[Longy]

We've just got a 1TB external for £70+vat but thats USB2 - still quick enough though tbh.

What one is that mate?

I need an external HDD and 1TB would be perfect!

I got it on offer irc it's £84+vat now

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(37576)LaCie-1000GB-Hard-DiskHiSpeed-USB-20-16MB.aspx