good 500GB external hard drives anyone?

[bmxxx]

hey... im looking at getting a 500GB external hard drive that is compatible with USB and Firewire 400 for my soon to be macbook. can anyone suggest a good solid hard drive that has a good reputation for quality and doesnt cost more than $300? the closer to $200 the better but i can go higher if it means better quality. thank you everyone!

 

[jonkovach]

I've always used LaCie drives and been very happy with them.
Here is a 1TB drive for $264. This isn't what I have, but it's similar. I run backups to them daily, all day long, via Time Machine. They have never failed on me.
http://www.macconnection.com/IPA/Shop/Product/Detail.htm?sku=7829241

Jon

 

[Kash]

This has nothing to do with your thread, but your title reminded me to order that 500GB external as I am desperately running out of space on my HTPC (I think I'm down to about 8GB free ). This should put me up to about 2.5TB

 

[baggss]

This has nothing to do with your thread, but your title reminded me to order that 500GB external as I am desperately running out of space on my HTPC (I think I'm down to about 8GB free ). This should put me up to about 2.5TB

2.5Tb? Armature. ( ) I have 2 Tb internal and another 1.8 external. I'm hoping to upgrade all 4 internals to 1Tb shortly. I laugh at you2 puny 2.5Tb...... ha ha ha ha ha !

 

[Kash]

Hey now, I'm working on it slowly. Plus, my totals across the house are much larger, somewhere in the 5TB range. That 2.5TB is only a single machine