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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 366621" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>I bought a 300GB Maxtor One-Touch from Costco for about $140. It's not the quietest drive in the world, but then, I only use it for backups of my two notebooks (one Mac, one Dell). I've tried it with both the USB 2.0 connection on my MacBook Pro and the FW400. Even though the USB2 connection is supposed to have higher throughput, the backups are much faster with the FW400 connection. My suggestion would be to either buy an enclosure or a preconfigured external drive that has both (they're usually not too much more). Then you don't have to worry about the speed of USB. </p><p></p><p>I also own a DIY external enclosure (I think the brand name is Metal Gear or something like that) and it's not exactly the best quality. The drive is mostly exposed and very noisy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 366621, member: 24098"] I bought a 300GB Maxtor One-Touch from Costco for about $140. It's not the quietest drive in the world, but then, I only use it for backups of my two notebooks (one Mac, one Dell). I've tried it with both the USB 2.0 connection on my MacBook Pro and the FW400. Even though the USB2 connection is supposed to have higher throughput, the backups are much faster with the FW400 connection. My suggestion would be to either buy an enclosure or a preconfigured external drive that has both (they're usually not too much more). Then you don't have to worry about the speed of USB. I also own a DIY external enclosure (I think the brand name is Metal Gear or something like that) and it's not exactly the best quality. The drive is mostly exposed and very noisy. [/QUOTE]
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