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Phil Mellor |
Message #75070, posted by monkeyson2 at 18:41, 28/4/2006 |
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I'm thinking of buying a big external hard drive - around 300 gig. Preferably with Firewire, as my Mini has few USB ports, but a spare Firewire one sitting there unloved and unplugged.
Any suggestions what/where to buy/avoid? |
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Andrew Duffell |
Message #75072, posted by ad at 20:59, 28/4/2006, in reply to message #75070 |
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I got a Freecom 40GB USB powered, and data transfer from Amazon for about £52.00
It failed within the week, and I sent it back for a replacement (at Amazon's cost). Replacement has been fine.
It has a 40GB disc in, but this can be switched for any compatible 2.5" disc. |
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Message #75080, posted by VincceH at 22:04, 28/4/2006, in reply to message #75070 |
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I'm thinking of buying a big external hard drive - around 300 gig. Preferably with Firewire, as my Mini has few USB ports, but a spare Firewire one sitting there unloved and unplugged.
Any suggestions what/where to buy/avoid? Dunno, but how can I get some USB ports in my Fourtrak? |
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Message #75083, posted by monkeyson2 at 22:22, 28/4/2006, in reply to message #75080 |
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I'm thinking of buying a big external hard drive - around 300 gig. Preferably with Firewire, as my Mini has few USB ports, but a spare Firewire one sitting there unloved and unplugged.
Any suggestions what/where to buy/avoid? Dunno, but how can I get some USB ports in my Fourtrak?
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Phil Mellor |
Message #75088, posted by monkeyson2 at 23:31, 28/4/2006, in reply to message #75070 |
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I'm thinking of buying a big external hard drive - around 300 gig. Preferably with Firewire, as my Mini has few USB ports, but a spare Firewire one sitting there unloved and unplugged.
Any suggestions what/where to buy/avoid? Oh yeah, and it needs to be quiet too. Are some particularly noisy, with fans and suchlike?
What about network attached storage? Is this any good for playing movies and music from directly? Anyone use one with RISC OS - or would mounting it on the Mac and sharing it be more practical? |
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Phil Mellor |
Message #75106, posted by monkeyson2 at 01:25, 30/4/2006, in reply to message #75088 |
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Right, this is now becoming an emergency, as I have less than 800Mb free. I guess I could delete some stuff, but wah.
So. Maxtor or Seagate? The Maxtor has a 16MB buffer compared to 8MB, but is it worth the extra twenty quid?
http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx?Quicklinx=3XSZ&CategorySelectedId=11154&PageMode=1&NavigationKey=11154,4294960320,40620000,40970000&InMerch=1
http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=3RFS&CategorySelectedId=11154&PageMode=1&NavigationKey=11154,4294960320,40620000,40970000&v=3#infoarea |
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Andrew Duffell |
Message #75107, posted by ad at 09:15, 30/4/2006, in reply to message #75106 |
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Can't you open your Mac mini, and put a larger drive in? |
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Message #75108, posted by Phlamethrower at 09:49, 30/4/2006, in reply to message #75107 |
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Can't you open your Mac mini, and put a larger drive in? Probably - as long as he can find a way not to pierce the precious selotape! 
http://www.sterpin.net/uk/ddMacMiniuk.htm
Alternatively, this looks like the right kind of external hard drive, if a little mac-specific. |
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Message #75110, posted by andypoole at 10:26, 30/4/2006, in reply to message #75108 |
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They sell ones for Mac Minis (same case style, etc) in the Apple store (Trafford Centre). I had a quick look at them when I was there buying my Mac Mini, but I can't remember the price of them... ISTR it was this one:
http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore.woa/6194040/wo/4V15QvwGiKtt2hRt4tSO39w2ovj/2.PSLID?mco=CC8438E7&nplm=TE798 |
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Message #75112, posted by monkeyson2 at 11:30, 30/4/2006, in reply to message #75107 |
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Can't you open your Mac mini, and put a larger drive in? It would make transferring the data a bit awkward though. |
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Message #75113, posted by monkeyson2 at 12:04, 30/4/2006, in reply to message #75112 |
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Hmm... are these things designed to be used all day? What if they don't have fans? |
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Message #75114, posted by ad at 12:12, 30/4/2006, in reply to message #75113 |
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Hmm... are these things designed to be used all day? What if they don't have fans? My laptop doesn't have a HD fan, so I assume it doesn't need one. It doesn't get excessivly hot.
My USB disc also doesn't have a fan, but the metal case possibly acts as a heat sync, and it doesn't get too hot. |
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Message #75149, posted by jymbob at 12:29, 3/5/2006, in reply to message #75106 |
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Right, this is now becoming an emergency, as I have less than 800Mb free. I guess I could delete some stuff, but wah.
So. Maxtor or Seagate? The Maxtor has a 16MB buffer compared to 8MB, but is it worth the extra twenty quid? Neither. Get a Lacie. they're gorgeous, flawless and fast. Oh, and they have one that looks like a LEGO brick (o:
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10693
try ebuyer for a UK seller.
If you want cheap and cheerful, buy an external enclosure from a box shifter and stick your own maxtor drive in it. Around these parts I can get a USB2/Firewire box for under 20 quid.
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Phil Mellor |
Message #96616, posted by monkeyson2 at 11:03, 4/1/2007, in reply to message #75149 |
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Message #96624, posted by filecore at 12:02, 4/1/2007, in reply to message #75149 |
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If you want cheap and cheerful, buy an external enclosure from a box shifter and stick your own maxtor drive in it. Around these parts I can get a USB2/Firewire box for under 20 quid. That's what I do - then it's cheap and easy to change/upgrade the drive, and as a bonus you can just unscrew it whenever you get another hard drive handed to you (good for recovering data from an unbootable computer) - you simply use your case as a portable IDE -> USB interface when not in use as a portable HDD. I also do this with laptop drives - powered from the USB bus, it's nice to carry around a less-than-wallet-sized 40GB self-powered USB drive  |
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Message #96627, posted by mr-mac at 12:33, 4/1/2007, in reply to message #96624 |
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A few years back I bought a 2.5" USB caddy for about £2 off ebay and popped in a cheap laptop HDD and it still works without issue, is nice and quiet, fast enough for me on USB2 and being a laptop drive caddy it draws it's power over USB....
I am sure you could pick up a similar firewire caddy on ebay and shove in your HDD of choice...
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Message #96652, posted by VincceH at 18:37, 4/1/2007, in reply to message #96616 |
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. Got one, for roughly the same amount of squids from Amazon a short while ago. The biggest problem with it is the noticeable delay when you first try to access it after it's powered itself down. It's literally only a matter of a second or so, but it's noticeable.
The flip side to that, of course, is that it means you're saving a penny or so per year in electricity because this extremely high power device is powering down when not being used.  |
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Phil Mellor |
Message #96739, posted by monkeyson2 at 21:27, 5/1/2007, in reply to message #96652 |
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I have one now. Shiny blue light! |
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Message #107990, posted by monkeyson2 at 21:06, 7/8/2008, in reply to message #96739 |
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I have one now. Shiny blue light! It's nearly full!  |
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Message #107993, posted by Phlamethrower at 21:15, 7/8/2008, in reply to message #107990 |
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Well, buy a bigger one then! |
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Jason Togneri |
Message #107994, posted by filecore at 06:49, 8/8/2008, in reply to message #107993 |
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Wow, zombie thread. Anyway, I no longer have that 40GB 2.5" IDE drive - I'm up to 160GB SATA now 
Times change. Still USB2 though  |
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