External Drives for imac 24"

1. peachydingo
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   My office bought an iMac 24" with FCE. And it has USB 2.0, FW400/FW800 ports, and a single internal hard drive.

   Every single training book or video tells you to run your files off a separate hard drive, so I want to add an external drive. I'm looking at LaCie, G-Raid, and OWC externals. If any of you have any comments about these drives, please post your opinions. Thanks!

   Posted 3 years ago #

2. robGRAUERT
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    Those are all reliable companies. The only comment I have is to get a big hard drive. 1TB may be way more than you need, but hard drive space seems to be so cheap these days; used to be a dollar per gig.

   Rob Grauert, Jr
   http://www.robgrauert.com
   http://command-r.tumblr.com

   Posted 3 years ago #

3. augiecrazy8
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    I have a 20" iMac (with several upgrades), but I use a Western Digital 500GB external hard drive and have never had a problem with it.  Works great, and I got it for $75 at Best Buy.  With Time Machine, my entire hard drive is backed up, and all my projects (video, graphic & web design) are all saved on here with no problem.  It sits on my desktop and is easily accessible... plus it simply plugged in with a USB firewire.  

   Posted 3 years ago #

4. mskvideo
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   I recommend the LaCie Rugged.  I've used them all over the world, in extreme environments (hurricanes, war zones) and never had a hiccup.  They're MIL-Spec (MIL-STD-810), USB-powered, extremely portable, and pretty much the gold standard for traveling journalists.

   I've seen them at Apple stores, or:

   http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/558882-REG/LaCie_301371_500GB_Rugged_Triple_Interface.html

   I believe they have a 1T model out now.

   Michael Kinney
   MSKvideo
   703-863-6903

   Posted 1 year ago #

5. 2ten
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    I recommend anything with a Western Digital drive inside.  I have personally had bad luck with Maxtorr, Seagate and never ever buy a DeskStar (nicknamed Death Star they are so bad) drive.  I have had good luck with Lacie drives too.

   Travis

   Posted 1 year ago #

6. Don
   Member

   

   as far as the WD mybooks are concerned... The original ones we bought a few years back are outliving the newest ones we bought last year... quality gone downhill.....

   g raid and lacie are good.

   I just set up a dlink323 net as a raid for back-ups, but you'll need a second (go with firewire) raid set up for working on.

   Posted 1 year ago #

7. 2ten
   Member

   

    I can't speak to the mybooks.  I generally build anything I need including external hard drives.  Can pick up an external enclosure and stick in the drives/sizes you want easier than picking up something at a big box...but that's me and I'm cheap!

   Posted 1 year ago #

8. Eventvideoguy
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   Is there an eSATA port on it? That is technically a SATA but with a line to the outside.

   Posted 1 year ago #

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