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Posted by Psionic on Jul-21-2008 00:41:

External storage devices

I've had a Lacie external hard drive for a few years, but it's getting to the point where it takes several connect/disconnect/reconnect trials to get my laptop to recognize that the Lacie is connected to it. I want to get a new one but was looking at Maxtor's products. These looked nice to me:

http://www.maxstore.com/product.asp?sku=3860273
http://www.maxstore.com/product.asp?sku=3847588

Does anyone have experience with Maxtor products, especially on Macs? Opinions?

Posted by Domesticated on Jul-21-2008 01:31:

A lot of people say Maxtor are rubbish, but I have a 150GB one which is about two years old now and has sat under my computer, connected and powered 24 hours a day, collecting a lot of dust and taking knocks from people's feet, and it has held up beautifully.

I have not had a problem with it yet.

Best idea is to search google for "external hard drive reviews" and see a multitude of opinions on the matter - you will soon find that one or two brands will have a better reputation than the rest.

Posted by on Jul-21-2008 02:22:

buy an external enclosure that allows you to put an internal drive in it.

Posted by Sunsnail on Jul-21-2008 02:35:

Seagate, WD

Posted by tubularbills on Jul-21-2008 03:43:

try your ass. i bet it can hold a lot of shit in it.

ha, pun not intended, but it works either way

Posted by daydreamer on Jul-21-2008 03:46:

i got a 500 gb for about 90 bucks at wal-mart
and it's worked fine for a while now.

so yeah.

Posted by shuni on Jul-21-2008 19:49:

my 250gb lacie just died on me this weekend

Posted by on Jul-22-2008 18:48:

I'm considering the HP Mediasmart Server. Holds about 4 Hard drives, easily swappable from the front. About $700 here.