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<blockquote data-quote="Jordan" data-source="post: 101618"><p>The LaCie D2 is obviously the better option for me, I totally agree. however, finances are tight - really tight so I hate to say it, but the d2 is not going to happen for me any time soon.</p><p></p><p>My understanding of the USB vs. Firewire debate was that Firewire seems to be the faster option for the Mac and USB seems to come out on top for PCs. Maybe I am totally misinformed. Anyhow, I am not that concerned with transfer speeds as I won't be doing that much transferring after my initial setup of the external drive with my music (the primary reason that I want the HDD) and a backup from each system.</p><p></p><p>I suppose I could install a firewire connection on my PC but I thought that since so many peripherals use USB 2.0 that I may as well have that instead.</p><p></p><p>So then, it looks like I will get the regular 80 gig LaCia USB and just share it on my PC. Is that the conclusion that we have reached? Or is there a better way (excluding spending more for the better HDD)?</p><p></p><p>Jordan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jordan, post: 101618"] The LaCie D2 is obviously the better option for me, I totally agree. however, finances are tight - really tight so I hate to say it, but the d2 is not going to happen for me any time soon. My understanding of the USB vs. Firewire debate was that Firewire seems to be the faster option for the Mac and USB seems to come out on top for PCs. Maybe I am totally misinformed. Anyhow, I am not that concerned with transfer speeds as I won't be doing that much transferring after my initial setup of the external drive with my music (the primary reason that I want the HDD) and a backup from each system. I suppose I could install a firewire connection on my PC but I thought that since so many peripherals use USB 2.0 that I may as well have that instead. So then, it looks like I will get the regular 80 gig LaCia USB and just share it on my PC. Is that the conclusion that we have reached? Or is there a better way (excluding spending more for the better HDD)? Jordan [/QUOTE]
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