I usually roll my own.....been using Maxtors steadily with no problems. I buy them and drop them into a Lian Li RH40 or RH58 drive caddy, then that assembly fits into a USB2 or Firewire case connected to my PC. Much less expensive than buying a ready made external drive. You can find all the component pieces at:

www.directron.com

I know many people are also partial to Seagate and IBM hard drives. Good luck!

jonyoung wrote: I usually roll my own.....been using Maxtors steadily with no problems. I buy them and drop them into a Lian Li RH40 or RH58 drive caddy, then that assembly fits into a USB2 or Firewire case connected to my PC. Much less expensive than buying a ready made external drive. You can find all the component pieces at:

www.directron.com

I know many people are also partial to Seagate and IBM hard drives. Good luck!

Thank you very much for the link.

That is definitely a nice $$$ return for just the time it takes to read a little and turn a few screws.

Yeah for pc i usually also go for seagate, although is there some incapatability between pc harddisks and mac's?
new to mac here

Nope, a hard disk is a hard disk. What matters is the OS you format it with.

MT3k, you're very welcome! http://www.compuplus.com is another good source for bits & Pieces.

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>>have any of you heard of the companys rep?

I have been using their drives with excellent results. They have the BEST cases available, IMO. I have used and tried many, many cases and the G-Drives are the best.

You can even buy one with every connection to date: FW400/800/SATA & USB 2.0.

http://www.g-technology.com/Products/G-DRIVEQ.cfm

Hmmm think ill go with the g-drive.
seems like its a safe bet. Might be a little more change going out but it seems to be worth the extra money