So i am looking for a few external hard drives... I am looking for the best out there in the 1TB storage capacity.

I need the most reliable, i have heard a few of them having problems with power supplies.

Also, i need one that has firewire 800.

I am looking to get two. one for mp3's and general storage, and another to use with Apple's Time Machine.

thinking about picking up two of these:

[url]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3587146&CatId=2421[/url]

thoughts?

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I dont know about Time Machine but if your budget is slightly expandable, google drobo...... that's what's next on my list

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If you heard about power supply problems it would be wise not to risk buying it ....... especially

for a laptop ! id go with seagate or western digital but try to check some reviews before buying...

good luck mate

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What other options have you checked out with FireWire 800 in them? I know there should be more options available since the price of 1 TB and 1.5TB drives are dropping. You could always get a drive, external case and internal converter for the FireWire 800. It's amazing how cheap the internal drives are nowadays. There's a 1.5TB on sale for $170.

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[quote=Fez Up;667251]I dont know about Time Machine but if your budget is slightly expandable, google drobo...... that's what's next on my list[/quote]

yea that drobo is very tempting and would be a relaly good cost effective way to do it in the long run.

just saw that WD has something exactly the same:

[URL]http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=501[/URL]

although WD's doesnt have firewire 800 =\

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I say WD all the way. Haven't had any problems with my external. But I have had problems with my Seagate to where I've gotta send it back.

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This one works good for me.

[IMG]http://www.ubergizmo.com/photos/2007/9/maxtor-one-touch-4-mini.jpg[/IMG]

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[quote=jeffrey collins;667367]I say WD all the way. Haven't had any problems with my external. But I have had problems with my Seagate to where I've gotta send it back.[/quote]

My external WD 750gb died a week ago, i had to rip it apart and put it inside my pc in order to restore some of the data that i had in. Most of it was lost.

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I've had nothing but excellent performance from my Seagate 1 TB Free Agent Pro External HD's, I'm running 3 of these externals and a 500 GB internal Seagate as well

** I had major issues with Maxtor (junk) and some probs with WD as well.

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Damn bro, I guess it's just like anything else they make overseas, you sometimes get the good ones and sometimes get the bad ones.

I personally wanna get a Lacie for my Mac because of all the producers i've seen video of, they all have Lacie and they are all working well.

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[url]http://shop4.frys.com/product/5554200[/url]

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Any of those other brands (Lacie's Fantom's, etc.) have usually a WD, Maxtor, Seagate, whatnot in there...question is, which one and what model? ;)

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here's an older video review of Drobo

[url]http://reviews.cnet.com/external-hard-drives/drobo/4505-3190_7-32470303.html?tag=centerColumnArea2.0[/url]

Newer versions have 10/100 network connectivity too

[QUOTE=ddr;667364]yea that drobo is very tempting and would be a relaly good cost effective way to do it in the long run.

just saw that WD has something exactly the same:

[URL]http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=501[/URL]

although WD's doesnt have firewire 800 =[/QUOTE]