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<blockquote data-quote="fresh fruit" data-source="post: 1290215" data-attributes="member: 213408"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>My budget is somewhere in the range of $200 - +/- 25%.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>What would you guys suggest?</p><p></p><p>On <a href="http://www.wdc.com/en/" target="_blank">Western Digital Hard Drives, Network Drives, Media Players</a> I have been searching under the following:</p><p></p><p>1) Desktop for Mac</p><p>2) Portable for Mac</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>So I have been looking at this: <a href="http://www.wdc.com/en/products/external/portableformac/" target="_blank">External Portable Hard Drives for Mac Overview</a></p><p></p><p>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...</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>Final question: Can I use the Western Digitals in Lion?</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advantage.</p><p></p><p>/Mikkel</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fresh fruit, post: 1290215, member: 213408"] 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 [url=http://www.wdc.com/en/]Western Digital Hard Drives, Network Drives, Media Players[/url] 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: [url=http://www.wdc.com/en/products/external/portableformac/]External Portable Hard Drives for Mac Overview[/url] 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 [/QUOTE]
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