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From: Woody on 29 Jun 2010 03:44
Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:51:24 +0100, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody)
> wrote:
>
> >Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Don't get one that stands upright - it'll fall over.
> >> Don't get a Seagate, they have poor cooling.
> >> And don't pop it on the desk next to the iMac, stick it hidden away
> >> somewhere or it'll annoy you by buzzing and clicking to itself. 2Tb
> >> drives tend to spin with a fair bit of vibration.
> >
> >I have one that stands upright on the desk next to the iMac! It never
> >fell over and it doesn't buzz and click.
>
> Ooh - a quiet 2Tb? What's the drive?

Its a 1TB, this is from a while ago!


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Woody

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From: J. J. Lodder on 29 Jun 2010 05:57
Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:
>
> > Nowadays 2 TB are cheapest/GB
> > Don't worry, it will fill up.
>
> I have no doubt whatsoever that that's true.
>
> > For just Time Machine (and nothing else)
> > there is little point in having firewire.
> > USB will do.
>
> Yes, I've been told this. So I guess USB will be it.
>
> > Video editing is another story,
>
> Having spent a great part of my life first film, and then video editing
> (and enjoying it), when I stopped making TV programmes I swore I'd never
> make a video edit again, and I never have. The pleasure's in the past,
> and I'm happy to have it stored in memory.

Not all the TB of it, I may hope?

Jan
From: J. J. Lodder on 29 Jun 2010 05:57
Chris Holland <ilove(a)macs.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:59:51 +0100, Peter Ceresole wrote:
>
> > J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:
> >
> >> Nowadays 2 TB are cheapest/GB
> >> Don't worry, it will fill up.
> >
> > I have no doubt whatsoever that that's true.
>
> I didn't find it that way, unless you keep every bit of rubbish that comes
> your way. If you do, it only makes finding useful stuff more difficult, so
> it always pays to be somewhat selective in what you keep.
>
> >
> >> For just Time Machine (and nothing else)
> >> there is little point in having firewire.
> >> USB will do.
> >
> > Yes, I've been told this. So I guess USB will be it.
>
> Definitely USB. You can pop it in your shirt pocket and no power supply to
> lug around. It's a bit slower, but you're doing backups. So what if it
> takes a bit longer?

Wrong in every respect.
For portable drives it does pay to have firewire.
The USB bus can't power all drives.
For some you need two USB ports to get enough power out.
The firewire bus otoh will happily feed any portable drive.

Moreover, bus feed limits you to 500 GB at present
which is smallish given the TB or more
that will be built into P's next iMac.

The latest 5400 rpm USB drives of up to 2 GB
have nice small power bricks/adapters.

For P: look at the Verbatim ones.
Their power adapter comes with two easy clip-on adapters,
for euro and somethin which may be the silly UK thing,

Jan
From: J. J. Lodder on 29 Jun 2010 05:57
Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote:

> Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>
> > Ceresole) wrote:
> >
> > >I'm soon getting (really!) a new iMac.
> >
> > Note that the iMacs are well due for an update, which will doubtless
> > happen the Tuesday after you buy yours. This may not bother you.
> >
> > >For the first time, I think I
> > >will use Time Machine, so I need a decent sized external HD, to back up
> > >both Anne's MBP and my new iMac.
> > >
> > >I'll make it Firewire 800 (I think).
> >
> > As the others have said, make it USB - lots cheaper, lots more choice,
> > no need for FW800 speeds.
>
> Plain FW beats USB2.
>
> I've got FW, USB 2, and FW800 for my external discs.
>
> Backing up over FW800 is just about tolerable.
>
> The other two are too slow for my liking, given the amount of data
> that's around these days.

You never sleep?

Jan
From: Arthur on 29 Jun 2010 06:40
On 28/06/2010 20:51, Peter Ceresole wrote:
> I'm soon getting (really!) a new iMac. For the first time, I think I
> will use Time Machine, so I need a decent sized external HD, to back up
> both Anne's MBP and my new iMac.

My iMac is using a 1.5TB samsung storystation USB drive which is quiet
and seems good value. I recently moved the disk in it to a lacie FW800
enclosure I had spare but the samsung USB enclosure is at least as good
as the others I've come accross.

I like the lacie D2 style enclosures because they seem (physically) well
made. I notice the current ones with ribbed surfaces use a completely
different power supply.

Arthur
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