So my iMac internal HD melted down (ironically, I am posting using the Boot Camp partition which was very small and hence not as affected by the hardware fuxors as of yet) and deeply regretting not having bought an external HD earlier, which I guess I will do... now. eman, how did that drive work out?
I'm looking get a Firewire 400/800 1tb. Kind of tempted to get this one by WD for http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=74&threadid=6664050 but maybe I shouldn't cheap out on this? Would it really make a huge difference in quality to get a different model for $200-ish? My original plan was to get an OWC enclosure and a decent internal drive, but I don't have as much time right now to go shopping, though together those would cost about $180.
I don't know though, whatever money is left is gonna go to the Apple Store in a couple days... I'm way too afraid to open this thing myself, and I might be forced to replace/upgrade the internal anyway.
― Nhex, Monday, 30 March 2009 00:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm stupid, link should be:
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-FireWire-External-WDH1Q10000N/dp/B000VZCEU8/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1238373868&sr=8-1
― Nhex, Monday, 30 March 2009 00:48 (fifteen years ago) link
the simpletech 1TB i got worked out great. i think you're right about the 1.5's not being quite there yet. only a few bux more than the western digital :B (see my first post about the issues with the wd mybook). i also made sure to get the firewire 400/800
― ¸„ø¤º°¨º¤ø „¸¨°º¤ø„¸¸„ø ¸„ø¤º°¨¸„ø¤º „¸¨°º¤ (eman), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link
oops, should read:
the simpletech 1TB i got worked out great. only a few bux more than the western digital :B (see my first post about the issues with the wd mybook). i also made sure to get the firewire 400/800. i think you're right about the 1.5's not being quite there yet.
― ¸„ø¤º°¨º¤ø „¸¨°º¤ø„¸¸„ø ¸„ø¤º°¨¸„ø¤º „¸¨°º¤ (eman), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 20:13 (fifteen years ago) link
eman, does your 1TB have a separate power supply, or is it FW-powered?
― death from abroad (lukas), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 11:04 (fourteen years ago) link
i have a macbook from 2006 (i replaced the hd in 2007 because it died) and i need an external hd. every day i think about how stupid i am just having one internal hd, especially since i have experienced that catastrophe already. what is a quality affordable 1 TB hard drive in 2010?
― john water (harbl), Sunday, 17 October 2010 17:07 (thirteen years ago) link
G-Drive.
― Border Lie (admrl), Sunday, 17 October 2010 17:07 (thirteen years ago) link
why so much variation in price between brands? also learning customer reviews are useless; everyone is unhappy with everything. i just wanna buy something.
― john water (harbl), Sunday, 17 October 2010 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link
There are NO good hard drives, but essentially you get what you pay for. I have 6 drives - 4 of them are G-Drives and three of those are the only drives that have never failed.
― Border Lie (admrl), Sunday, 17 October 2010 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Buy a G-Drive if you want an external HD
thanks adam, i think i'll get a g-drive
― john water (harbl), Sunday, 17 October 2010 17:36 (thirteen years ago) link
alternatively you could get two Western Digital HDs for almost the same price, if you're paranoid enough to do a double backup
― Nhex, Sunday, 17 October 2010 19:57 (thirteen years ago) link
I have one of those and it pretty much stopped being reliable after the first fortnight.
― Border Lie (admrl), Sunday, 17 October 2010 20:03 (thirteen years ago) link
ok it's plugged into my computer and i literally just lolled looking at it in finder. "931.02 GB available." it's hilarious!
― john water (harbl), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
looks even more impressive in bytes
― koogs, Thursday, 21 October 2010 08:34 (thirteen years ago) link
So far pleased with my Seagate 1TB GoFlex Desk.
USB3 option is nice.
― Lee626, Friday, 19 November 2010 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
i got a samsung story the other day and it's working out just fine some deal on newegg 1Tb for $90 it also does usb 3 which is mad faster than 2
― Anangelsingingandplayingluteforafuckingunicornthatcumsliquidfire. (jdchurchill), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 00:00 (thirteen years ago) link
― death from abroad (lukas), Tuesday, April 28, 2009 7:04 AM
separate (1 yr later)
― old man yells at cloud computing (am0n), Thursday, 23 December 2010 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link
my experience says the opposite lol
i think i had a seagate die on me a couple of weeks after this
― BIG HOOTY aka the Sapperticker (electricsound), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 04:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Those Big Box Chain Store hard drives suck, don't they? I am embarrassed to own one.
― Cubby Wubby Nubby Hubby Dubby (u s steel), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 23:57 (thirteen years ago) link
OWC has external drives that are sort of bulky and ugly, but do not suck
macsales.com
― just woke up (lukas), Thursday, 6 January 2011 00:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Just bought another 2TB from them yesterday. I have several and they most definitely do not suck.
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 6 January 2011 01:19 (thirteen years ago) link