I think an external FireWire is, indeed, a good choice for me. I looked at the Outpost.com site to see if I could find an enclosure for the drive Harry recommended and found a pre-built Seagate 200Gb FireWire/Combo drive for $169 with a $50 rebate (Outpost item number 4015532). By the time I add a $50 enclosure to the $70 Maxtor drive, the two options cost the same, and shipping may make the Seagate a little cheaper.
The Outpost site doesn't have any info regarding OS support for the Seagate, but I found this on another site about that drive: > Mac Users: > - Available USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 port, available Windows > certified IEEE 1394a(FireWire) port > - Mac OS X, Mac OS 9.x, MAC OS 8 (backup software does not > support Mac OS 9.x or Mac OS 8.6) Since I don't care about their backup software, that doesn't matter to me. Can you think of any reason why this wouldn't be a good buy? Are Seagate drives not good, or are Maxtor drives just a whole lot better? Thanks, Joy Harry Freeman ([EMAIL PROTECTED])wrote: > > IMO I think that a external firewire drive enclosure and the Maxtor > 200Gb drive would be your best bet. It will allow you to use the full > 200Gb (minus capacity to format) and can be used on other systems that > have a firewire connection. > > I'm not sure about a MickyMouseSoft system, I think that they format a > drive different than a Mac. I know that their format used to result in > a format that had a FAT32 (file allocation table) which kept track of > which sectors and all of the pointers to those sectors. Among other > items. > > The Maxtor drive is available at http://Outpost.com ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Joy Freeman ~ from manuscript to bound book ~ Editorial, Design, and Production Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
