FW: Well to say it's superior is only half right. It's superior in some ways. If raw speed is what is needed, USB3 or ESATA is superior. I would go everyday and twice on sunday for an esata drive on my home network over FW...but there are situations where FW would be best.
HD: Good deal on the HD, wish I had seen it. I've got a 2.5 drive in an enclosure but it's only 120, to be able to get a 500 gig for 70 would have been a deal. On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 9:09 PM, b_s-wilk <b1sun...@yahoo.es> wrote: > What I hear from friends closer to Apple than I am is that FW is alive and > well, but that general consumers don't care whether it's there or not. The > MacBook Pro and desktop Macs all have FireWire. If it were eliminated from > future iMacs or Mac Minis, I'd be forced to get a Mac Pro, or figure out a > hack. My MacBook will be replaced with a MacBook Pro. > > FireWire is far superior to USB and eSATA, but if you don't know about it > or don't have FW peripherals or video cameras, you won't demand the best and > will be stuck with the usual L.C.D. if Apple decides to discontinue FW in > the future. > > Hard drive: I've been looking for a 2.5" bare drive for the past few weeks > after installing VirtualBox and Windows and not having much room left for > anything else. There's a Seagate 2.5" FreeAgent Go enclosure at OtherWorld > for $12.99 that I was planning to use. Comes Black Friday, I found the WD My > Passport drive for $70; I can put the 500GB drive in my MacBook and put the > old drive in the enclosure, saving around $50, assuming all will go well. > FWIW, I've done this before with other drives, so it should work, if I open > the enclosure carefully. > > Jordan is this just a rumor or is Apple really phasing FW off it's whole >> line? I'm assuming if they are it's because of esata and USB 3? >> >> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Jordan <jor17...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> You have given good advice about drives here before so I'm not sure what >>> any of us can offer. >>> >>> I like to shop and buy from OWC, or at least look there and then compare >>> prices. I've always bought Hitachi, and have never had a drive problem, >>> and >>> been leaning toward the 7200rpm drives, for whatever tiny advantage. >>> So far I've always gotten enclosures with USB and Firewire and generally >>> use Firewire for speed and reliability. It's sad that Apple is phasing >>> out >>> Firewire. >>> >> > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
