On May 2, 2006, at 9:40 PM, Stuart Holmes wrote: > <quotes repositioned, footers removed by admin> > > On May 1, 2006, at 9:12 PM, Simon James wrote: > >> I've purchased a Macbook Pro and running LAP 7.2 and looking to >> purchase an external drive to put all the music stuff on. One thing >> is that I am looking at a Rocstor FW / USB powered drive for their >> dependability. Are there any other recommendations? >> Another thing is that now that there is an option for USB 2.0 as well >> as FW, is there any reason that there would be a preference for >> either type other than 2.0 (I understand) is a little faster. >> >> thx in advance, >> Simon James >> www.vicmassage.com > > > The Lacie d2 250GB Hard drive has served me very well. There's also a > 500GB model available and both are listed as "Pro Tools" certified > drives. They have a USB2, FW400, and 2 FW800 connections. (and of > course a very attractive blue light on the front) Best of all.... NO > FAN! Avoid Lacie big disks like plague. Very unreliable here and several of my friends have had the same experience. What is particularly galling about them is that they are two drives set up as striped Raid which means if one fails you loose all your data. That means you are at least twice as likely to lose all your data.