Best hard drive for Mac video editting and storage?

iseegrace

I have the Mac OS X 10.7.3
2.3 GHz Intel Core i5

I am planning to get a portable external hard drive within the $200 budget mainly for video editting on Final Cut Pro and After effects and for storage.

I am so confused with fireware and 3.0
3.0 seems to be a good thing but will my macbook be compatible with it or will it function as a 2.0?

Please recommend me with the products with links. Thanks!

Answer
Final point is that Firewire 800 has wider bandwidth than USB. Also, USB never performs in real life situations equal to the spec.

Your computer (if it shows "MacBookPro8,1" for the Machine ID) is Early 2011, so it is USB 2.0. You cannot connect any USB 3.0 device to that. Your fastest option no matter what we think about USB 3.0 is still Firewire 800.... or Thunderbolt.

I also suggest an aluminum case for better heat dissipation. See links below.

Which external hard disk to go for?

Nikhil

i am searching for external hard disk and came across two external har disks:
Seagate STBX1000201 1TB Expansion USB 3.0 Portable 2.5 Inch External Hard Drive -
and
Seagate STBU1000201 1TB Backup Plus USB 3.0 2.5 Inch Portable Hard Drive

1st one is Bus powered ( i dont know what is its meaning)
but both hard disks seems similar to me.

Please guid which one to go for?

Answer
You should be good with the first one because it is cheaper and the second one only has a few more features including a Thunderbolt drive that only works on Macs and special PC's. So you should go with the cheaper one. Hope this helps.

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