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:
Does anyone have experience with Maxtor products, especially on Macs? Opinions?
Jul-21-2008 00:41
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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.
Jul-21-2008 01:31
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buy an external enclosure that allows you to put an internal drive in it.
Jul-21-2008 02:22
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Jul-21-2008 02:35
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try your ass. i bet it can hold a lot of shit in it.
ha, pun not intended, but it works either way
Jul-21-2008 03:43
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i got a 500 gb for about 90 bucks at wal-mart
and it's worked fine for a while now.
so yeah.
Jul-21-2008 03:46
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my 250gb lacie just died on me this weekend
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Jul-21-2008 19:49
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I'm considering the HP Mediasmart Server. Holds about 4 Hard drives, easily swappable from the front. About $700 here.