Help me spend my money: ext HD advice

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buster99

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I just purchased a new iMac and want to buy a 200 gig external hard drive for backup. Should I get firewire or usb2? Any particular drives you can recommend? Lacie, Maxtor…? Reliability is the most important factor for me. Any suggestions much appreciated.
 
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rman


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14in MacBook Pro M1 Max 32GB 2TB
I would get a LaCie drive. They have been very good to me. I always get a firewire dirve since i only have the old usb port. Every thing i have read said that the firewire have better better throughput over all.
 
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17" Flat Panel iMac -15" 1.5GHz, 80GB HDD, 128MB ATI video card, 1GB RAM- PowerBook
I second the LaCie external firewire hard drives. I have two, both 160GB and they are quiet and reliable.
 

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