Any Suggestions for Hard Drives?

iWonder · iWonder #1 (**permalink**)

09-16-2005, 11:34 PM

I'm looking for a 300gb hard drive that i can store my videos and pictures on so my dad doesnt have to use up my hard drive

. and could it possibly be in Ciruit City or Best Buy? their the closet to me.

JGruber · JGruber #2 (**permalink**)

09-17-2005, 12:03 AM

I would assume you want to use a External Drive? I would recommend a OEM harddrive, Like I bought my 400gb from Newegg.com, and bought the enclosure at Circuit City. Its USB2.0 and works flawlsy on my Mac.

If you decide to go that route, make sure the enclosure can support large Harddrives. This way also tends to be cheaper then buying a 'all-in-one' drive.

mynameis · mynameis #3 (**permalink**)

09-17-2005, 12:36 AM

I would get an aluminum Rosewill enclosure from Newegg.com, then watch the local ads for a cheap hard drive, even if it means sending in a rebate.

Ghostshadow · Ghostshadow #4 (**permalink**)

09-17-2005, 03:08 AM

As for hard drives, my preference for hard drive brands are Seagate. Ive been running Seagate's in almost everything that has a hard drive, i trust Seagate more than any other brand, but that's just my preference. western digital and Maxtor scare me a little because they make to much noise for my likings, and the life span on Maxtor's don't seem to be very long compared to the Seagate drives. but that's my opinion.

validpretense · validpretense #5 (**permalink**)

09-17-2005, 12:25 PM

I'm gonna have to say Seagate harddrives are the best, allways.

iWonder · iWonder #6 (**permalink**)

09-17-2005, 05:51 PM

Yes, an external hard drive. thanks for your responses and ill look into them!

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iWonder #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 09, 2005 Location: My world Posts: 632 Mac Specs: iBook 12" G4, 30 GB, 768 MB RAM. iPod 5G 30GB.	09-16-2005, 11:34 PM I'm looking for a 300gb hard drive that i can store my videos and pictures on so my dad doesnt have to use up my hard drive . and could it possibly be in Ciruit City or Best Buy? their the closet to me.
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JGruber #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 20, 2005 Location: Redlands, CA Posts: 739 Mac Specs: Macbook Pro 15" 2ghz/2GB/250gb/SD - White Macbook 2.16ghz/2.5GB/250GB/SD	09-17-2005, 12:03 AM I would assume you want to use a External Drive? I would recommend a OEM harddrive, Like I bought my 400gb from Newegg.com, and bought the enclosure at Circuit City. Its USB2.0 and works flawlsy on my Mac. If you decide to go that route, make sure the enclosure can support large Harddrives. This way also tends to be cheaper then buying a 'all-in-one' drive.
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Ghostshadow #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 21, 2005 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 2,065 Mac Specs: iBook G3 - You'll be missed.	09-17-2005, 03:08 AM As for hard drives, my preference for hard drive brands are Seagate. Ive been running Seagate's in almost everything that has a hard drive, i trust Seagate more than any other brand, but that's just my preference. western digital and Maxtor scare me a little because they make to much noise for my likings, and the life span on Maxtor's don't seem to be very long compared to the Seagate drives. but that's my opinion.
	QUOTE Thanks

validpretense #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 31, 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 202 Mac Specs: 1.33GHz 12" iBook; iMac G3 333Mhz; Use Dual 2Ghz PM G5's	09-17-2005, 12:25 PM I'm gonna have to say Seagate harddrives are the best, allways.
	QUOTE Thanks

iWonder #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 09, 2005 Location: My world Posts: 632 Mac Specs: iBook 12" G4, 30 GB, 768 MB RAM. iPod 5G 30GB.	09-17-2005, 05:51 PM Yes, an external hard drive. thanks for your responses and ill look into them!
	QUOTE Thanks

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