External Hard Drives for iMac/ WD MyBook Questions..

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Mac Gurus..

Getting ready to buy my second Mac.. 20 inch iMac with 2.4 gigarams..;D Anyway, want to add an external HD to the system to use time machine, as well as keeping photos/video "off site" from the main computer.. I've been looking at the Western Digital "MyBook's" probably a 1TB unit, but I'm a little confused over all of the different versions of this drive?! Found a good deal on the MyBook Office version.. will this work with my mac? They have a home edition, a media edition... blah, blah, blah.. is there any real difference in these units or should I just get the one with the right price?

Thanks for any input that you guys and gals can provide!!

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They will all work, it just depends on what connections you want for it.
 
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Ok.. I understand USB 2.0 is faster than FireWire.. I have a few USB devices, but only a video camera that I'll transfer via firewire.. Is there any advantage to getting a drive that also has Firewire?

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Firewire is the faster of the two. Using firewire you'll be able to read/write much faster.
 
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USB 2.0 is faster than firewire 400 but not by much. Firewire 800 is faster than both of these. I personally went with a FW400 drive with built in hub, that way I can save a USB port for something else.
 

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