I recently lost a drive too - my replacement has been fanatstic. I got myself a Western Digital 250GB external, it's the size of a small hardcover book. While not the exact product that I got, i'd recommend the following: http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?pfp=BROWSE&N=200112+4294967095+502461+4294966864&Ne=300689&product_code=52019055&Pn=My_Book_Premium_Edition_250GB_Hard_Drive The one I got was something like $99 instead of $139, and I thought I was *so* clever for saving $40 when the only difference was that my drive had only a USB 2.0 connector, and the more expensive one also had FireWire400. ....then I found out that the computer I was hooking up to only runs USB 1.1, and so backing up to that drive takes a little bit longer than I'd prefer. (So I daisy-chain it - firewire connection between desktop-to-be-backed-up and laptop, and then USB2.0 between the laptop and the external drive) Anyhow. Them's my two cents. aside from that they work well, I'm just charmed by the fact that they look like little black books with pretty glowing lights. Benjamin On 5/25/07, Andy Looney <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello Geeks! So, I lost a hard drive recently and I need to replace it. In fact, I want two. I'm looking to buy a matched pair of external mac-compatible hard drives. Of course, I'm looking for reliability, plenty of space, and as low a price as possible... but I don't need outrageously big hard drives, 250 gig each is probably enough. Anyway, does anyone have a recommendation for me for some place I can order something specific, which is maybe on sale or something? -- Andy _______________________________________________ Geeks mailing list Geeks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/geeks