Thanks guys.

What do you think about the Seagate GoFlex drives that are supposed to be able to be used "interchangably with both PC and Mac computers". Read some ads that said you can hook up a PC and a Mac to the same drive simultaneously. Nice if this works as said.

How do they do this? Does it come with two partitions? HPS+ for the Mac users and...

SEAGATE FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 2 TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive STAC2000100 (Black) : Storage, Drives & Media | Dell Canada

This drive is only $40.00 more than a WD that can be used with a Mac but must be reformatted. Might go with this one. Save me the effort and the possible aggravation if the WD drive ends up not working with the Mac OS 10.6. Though, if they say it will...