On Jan 15, 2011, at 8:56 AM, Jack Countryman wrote: > On 1/15/11 9:14 AM, Al Poulin wrote: >> >> On Jan 14, 10:16 pm, James Therrault<jetas...@netzero.com> wrote: >>> I'm finally making the move into the modern age and am asking for >>> suggestions as to 2.5" external enclosures to copy the contents of my >>> current machine, (G4 Gigabit), to a 500GB SATA drive. I eventually will >>> use the 500GB as the boot drive in the new machine, late '09 Mac Mini. >> Start by looking at OWC, and then compare the offerings of other >> vendors. Consider which interfaces you would use now and possibly >> later with newer machines. >> http://www.macsales.com/ >> Their telephone representatives are very helpful too. >> >> Al Poulin >> > Could he use firewire disk mode with the new mini and then hook it up via > firewire cable to the g4 and copy stuff that way? That way he wouldn't need > to buy an enclosure for one temporary use.
TDM via Firewire is a way to do it with out buying a new external drive. I somehow got the impression from the OP that he wants a drive for storing and copying multiple systems. John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA Sent from my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
