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Which external hard drive for my old computers?
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1647422" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>In my opinion most hard drives are pretty much the same. There are really only around three manufacturers currently in the world making hard drives…so not very many. There is some data that shows that hard drives manufactured by Seagate seem to have a higher/sooner failure rate.</p><p></p><p>Personally I would go with a Western Digital hard drive.</p><p></p><p>All those other names you are seeing (LaCie, G-Drive, etc.) are just the folks who are putting one of these HD's into an exterior case…and stamping their name on it.</p><p></p><p>If you're looking for a rather large external 3TB drive…here's one for $199.99 ($50 less than the one you were looking at):<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p><a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MES3FH7T3.0/" target="_blank">OWC 3.0TB Mercury Elite Pro 7200RPM FW800 &USB3... in stock at OWC</a></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1647422, member: 56379"] In my opinion most hard drives are pretty much the same. There are really only around three manufacturers currently in the world making hard drives…so not very many. There is some data that shows that hard drives manufactured by Seagate seem to have a higher/sooner failure rate. Personally I would go with a Western Digital hard drive. All those other names you are seeing (LaCie, G-Drive, etc.) are just the folks who are putting one of these HD's into an exterior case…and stamping their name on it. If you're looking for a rather large external 3TB drive…here's one for $199.99 ($50 less than the one you were looking at)::) [url=http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MES3FH7T3.0/]OWC 3.0TB Mercury Elite Pro 7200RPM FW800 &USB3... in stock at OWC[/url] - Nick [/QUOTE]
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