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<blockquote data-quote="Kokopelli" data-source="post: 205579"><p>You are presenting an interesting mix of requirements. What I would recommend is getting a Mad Dog 2.5" enclosure and a Seagate Momentus 2.5" drive off Newegg.</p><p></p><p>- You wanted a portable HD. The 3.5" external drives are portable, they are a significant amount of kit to lug around. Further they require AC power, you can not power one off USB or firewire alone.</p><p></p><p>So that put's it in the 2.5" range.</p><p></p><p>- I am recommending the Mad Dog enclosure because you can get one with both FW and USB. More importantly they come with a USB power cord so that should your computer not output enough from USB alone you can use a second USB port for power. (Firewire on my Mac has always given enough power by the way) There are cheaper ones out there, this just happens to be the one I like.</p><p></p><p>But the enclosure does not come with a drive so you will need to buy one.</p><p></p><p>- So why the Momentus? Reliability. They are the only 2.5" drives I know of with a 5 year warranty. </p><p></p><p>an 80 GB Momentus plus enclosure will run you about 150. There are cheaper options out there. IOGear is one that leaps to mind. My data is very important to me though so hard drives are not something I skimp on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kokopelli, post: 205579"] You are presenting an interesting mix of requirements. What I would recommend is getting a Mad Dog 2.5" enclosure and a Seagate Momentus 2.5" drive off Newegg. - You wanted a portable HD. The 3.5" external drives are portable, they are a significant amount of kit to lug around. Further they require AC power, you can not power one off USB or firewire alone. So that put's it in the 2.5" range. - I am recommending the Mad Dog enclosure because you can get one with both FW and USB. More importantly they come with a USB power cord so that should your computer not output enough from USB alone you can use a second USB port for power. (Firewire on my Mac has always given enough power by the way) There are cheaper ones out there, this just happens to be the one I like. But the enclosure does not come with a drive so you will need to buy one. - So why the Momentus? Reliability. They are the only 2.5" drives I know of with a 5 year warranty. an 80 GB Momentus plus enclosure will run you about 150. There are cheaper options out there. IOGear is one that leaps to mind. My data is very important to me though so hard drives are not something I skimp on. [/QUOTE]
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