Is this The Right Portable Drive for ME?

sivel

I'm looking into getting a good portable drive
I'm using a mac and all I want to use this for is to store some movies that are taking up too much memory on my laptop
I found this one, but I want to make sure it will work w/ my macbook
www.costco.ca/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=10314113&search=external%20drive&Mo=1&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lang=en-CA&Nr=P_CatalogName:BCCA&Sp=S&N=0&whse=BCCA&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=Text_Search&Dr=P_CatalogName:BCCA&Ne=4000000&D=external%20drive&Ntt=external%20drive&No=0&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1#
www.costco.ca/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=10314113&search=external%20drive&Mo=1&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lang=en-CA&Nr=P_CatalogName:BCCA&Sp=S&N=0&whse=BCCA&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=Text_Search&Dr=P_CatalogName:BCCA&Ne=4000000&D=external%20drive&Ntt=external%20drive&No=0&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1#
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Western Digital 250gb Passport Essential ext. Drive
Using a Mac

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as far as hard drives are concerned .... WD are the best. and for space , if ur planning on storing around 100 dvd's . can try out the 500 gb
hdd.

what's a good external hard drive please?

Evut

i've noticed maxtor is the most common brand but there are some really bad reviews on a couple of websites which worries me.
i'd like a 500GB one. it doesn't need to be portable.

thanks for your help!


processor is AMD Athlon 64, 3200+ 2.01 GHz, 448MB ram
i have windows xp

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To be honest most hard drives are kind of a crapshoot. The so called "best brands" can sometimes put out lemons. I've seen it happen. Sometimes its just a firmware fix, but other times its drives that are toasted. So I wouldn't put a tone of faith in brand issues.

I have collegues that loathe Lacie and Maxtor. Myself I'm not a Lacie fan at all. But I've had one Maxtor that worked out just great for me. I haven't bought many of them no (not on purpose, just didn't happen to be readily available for me).

Right now though I think the Western Digital My Passport drives are amongst your best bet. We use them like work horses and they hold up solid for us. Any of them really. We've had a few die on us, but they were abused in the field, so I suspect human error more than hard drive issues there. There are loads of options with them. You can get ones with USB, Firewire, and/or eSata. And even some with Ethernet. Costco usually has great prices on them.

After that I also like the Seagate Free Agent drives. I mainly prefer Seagate for all the internal drives I buy and use. So I don't mind going Seagate on an external then. But I usually find better deals on the Western Digital drives so I tend to go with those for pure cost reasons.

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what type of hard drive would be recommended for a mac laptop mostly used for photo storage?

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horsefrien

the start up disk is full on the mac powerbook G4 I use, so need something quick, EASY, affordable, with lots of storage space to store lots of images. Costco has a portable West Digital120GB for $139. or a My Book500GB for $279 or a Maxtor One TouchIII 300GB for$149. are any of these good, bad, or ? what would you recommend? and where would I find it.

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Go with an external firewire drive.

Insignia Digital Photo Frames Shipped With a Virus?

Q. What does the virus do?

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According to an analyst form Computer Associates, the trojan, called Mocmex, is able to block more than 100 types of security and anti-virus software from killing it, and bypasses the Windows firewall to download files from remote locations, spreading them randomly over your hard drive and any portable storage device you plug into your PC -- like, for example, a digital photo frame. The trojan is apparently set to only steal gaming passwords at present, but CA says it's capable of stealing nearly any information on your machine, and thinks it might be a test for a much worse virus yet to come. Infected frames have come from Sam's Club, Target and Costco, in addition to Best Buy, so we'd say to avoid picking one up until this mess gets sorted out -- or, you know, forever.

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Can I use my macbook, as a storage for my windows toshiba?

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Kyle

I wanted to know if it were possible to use my mac as a portable drive type of thing, I only have two laptops, and no desktop, so I want to get one of them to hold info for the other even if they cant be used on the opposite system. I want to download dc universe online but dont want to defeat the purpose by having major lagging

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You can get a 1TB portable hard drive for under $70 now. That would be easier and work better. Check Costco or Best Buy.

how do i get pictures from my digital camera on to a CD?

I ask the

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Several methods:
1) Copy the images from your camera's memory card to your computer hard drive, then burn them to a CD.

2) Buy a dedicated device which allows you to simply insert your cameras memory card into it, which then burns it directly to a CD. Examples would include Micro Solutions RoadStor or Jobo's Apacer portable CD burners.

3) Or you could do what my parents do: Take their camera/memory card to a store like Costco, have prints made and have the contents of the card burned onto CD by them for a minor fee. For people who don't want a technical hassle, this is a great solution.

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