Which portable hard drive is the best?

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Don_fellas

I am going to buy an external portable hard drive which one should i choose?

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Sony Giga Vault
⢠40GB
⢠USB 2.0 interface
⢠5400 rpm
⢠2MB buffer
⢠Price when ranked: $240 ($6.00 per GB)
⢠Full Specs
⢠Check latest prices Drive neatly balances performance, features, and support, and can run on battery power rather than on bus power. No backup software included. Retested this month. ( May 04)
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Ximeta NetDisk Mini
⢠40GB
⢠USB 2.0, ethernet interfaces
⢠5400 rpm
⢠2MB buffer
⢠Price when ranked: $230 ($5.75 per GB)
⢠Full Specs
⢠Check latest prices Portable drive can connect to a network and comes with a limited version of Norton Internet Security 2003, as well as with rudimentary backup and syncing software. ( Nov 04)
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WiebeTech ComboGB 40GB
⢠40GB
⢠USB 2.0, FireWire 400, FireWire 800 interfaces
⢠5400 rpm
⢠8MB buffer
⢠Price when ranked: $230 ($5.75 per GB)
⢠Manufacturer's Pricing Triple-interface pocket drive is one of the first to support FireWire 800. Comes with ample cables and PDF documentation, but no extra software. ( Nov 04)
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Seagate 40GB Portable External Hard Drive
⢠40GB
⢠USB 2.0 interface
⢠5400 rpm
⢠2MB buffer
⢠Price when ranked: $169 ($4.23 per GB)
⢠Full Specs
⢠Check latest prices Well-priced but average performer is attractive and comes with a limited yet useful disk utility for running diagnostics and for partitioning the drive. ( Nov 04)
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IOGear 2.5-inch USB 2.0 FireWire Ion Drive
⢠40GB
⢠USB 2.0, FireWire 400 interfaces
⢠4200 rpm
⢠2MB buffer
⢠Price when ranked: $280 ($7.00 per GB)
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⢠Check latest prices This expensive drive turned in average speed and it lacks software. A $60 increase in price caused a drop in ranking for this former Best Buy. Retested this month. ( May 04)
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installing logic pro 9 onto a portable hard drive instead of my macs hard drive?

Nik

ok, i really want to buy Logic Pro 9 for my mac to do recording and such, but i know i dont have enough memory on my mac to instal it because i only have the 64GB mac. if there anyway to instal Logic Pro 9 onto my 500GB portable hard drive instead of my macs hard drive? i dont want to spend $200.00 and then realize i cant install it.

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Logic Pro 9 comes with huge collections of libraries, which means program itself isn't that big; around 1 GB or less.

Other than that you can pretty much install on an external drive if you have any.
If you still don't own please make sure you buy one with:

SATA or eSata port - if your Mac supports those connection or you have enough money to get PCI cards for the port. Second choice would be Firewire 800 then USB2. and it also depends on what kind of audio interface you are using.

7200RPM or more; no 5400RPM
which means 2.5 is not recommended - it limits number of the samples you can play simultaneously.
but if you think you won't max out the spec you can go for it.

plan accordingly





Usama Minegishi
Logic Pro Apple Certified Trainer

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