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Hello,
This is my first post in here so please let me know if I have posted this in the wrong sub forum or something. I originally posted this in a Danish mac forum but I could not get any answers there.
The thing is that I am looking for an external hard drive to all kinds of storage. It will be used with my 15'' MBP from early/mid 2009. Since it is a little old it has USB 1.0 technology. Therefore I am looking for an external hard drive with USB 2.0 technology due to the compatibly working one step backwards.
My budget is somewhere in the range of $200 - +/- 25%.
As you can see in the title it must be at least 1 TB. To be honest I do not know which brands to look for but I have one from Western Digital that has been working well. And they look nice too.
What would you guys suggest?
On Western Digital Hard Drives, Network Drives, Media Players I have been searching under the following:
1) Desktop for Mac
2) Portable for Mac
Due to my demand regarding size it will probably be the first category that I must look closer into. It would be nice to have a smaller one that I can carry around with me sometimes.
So I have been looking at this: External Portable Hard Drives for Mac Overview
My rather old MBP should function with that, and the size and USB technology are as they should. I would like to know if I should be looking elsewhere...
And would you guys pick a desktop model or a portable one if the size and USB technology is the same? And what is the difference between USB and Firewire? I do not know if I shall pick one with Firewire 800 of if it does not matter.
Final question: Can I use the Western Digitals in Lion?
Thanks in advantage.
/Mikkel
This is my first post in here so please let me know if I have posted this in the wrong sub forum or something. I originally posted this in a Danish mac forum but I could not get any answers there.
The thing is that I am looking for an external hard drive to all kinds of storage. It will be used with my 15'' MBP from early/mid 2009. Since it is a little old it has USB 1.0 technology. Therefore I am looking for an external hard drive with USB 2.0 technology due to the compatibly working one step backwards.
My budget is somewhere in the range of $200 - +/- 25%.
As you can see in the title it must be at least 1 TB. To be honest I do not know which brands to look for but I have one from Western Digital that has been working well. And they look nice too.
What would you guys suggest?
On Western Digital Hard Drives, Network Drives, Media Players I have been searching under the following:
1) Desktop for Mac
2) Portable for Mac
Due to my demand regarding size it will probably be the first category that I must look closer into. It would be nice to have a smaller one that I can carry around with me sometimes.
So I have been looking at this: External Portable Hard Drives for Mac Overview
My rather old MBP should function with that, and the size and USB technology are as they should. I would like to know if I should be looking elsewhere...
And would you guys pick a desktop model or a portable one if the size and USB technology is the same? And what is the difference between USB and Firewire? I do not know if I shall pick one with Firewire 800 of if it does not matter.
Final question: Can I use the Western Digitals in Lion?
Thanks in advantage.
/Mikkel