best portable external hd to buy with my macbook 10.5.7
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freeagent external harddrives from seagate use firewire, which might interest you.
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ah, sorry about the confusion. i use western digital passports for my usb external harddrives. never had a problem, and very affordable.
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One option I would suggest would be to replace the HDD that's in your MB with a bigger and faster one. Then buy an external enclosure ($10-20) for your existing drive. Agian, just an idea.
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That's what I did, investin. I gave that old drive and an enclosure to my GF to use as a backup.
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