Juelie McLean wrote:
> Hi Gang:
>
> My son would like an external hard drive: 7200 rpm, 120Gigs,
> Firewire. All the ones I have checked on seem to average in the
> $250-270 range.....but they all seem to be pretty much alike in their
> descriptions....
>
> ALL USE THE SAME:
> Bus Interface -- Firewire (IEEE 1394/Link Compliant, 2 ports)
> Capacity 120 Gigs
> Max Data transfer rate 400Mbps (50MB/sec)
> System Requirement Mac w/ fiirewire interface and OS 8.6+
> Power supply 110v-240v auto switching external power adapter
> Standard Mechanism: 7200rpm ATA/100 2 mb cache buffer
There's yet another option which may be even more attractive. You buy him a
firewire enclosure kit and let him install the HD of his choice? There's a good
selection of case kits offered by a number of suppliers. If he's a geek in
training, you can even get one from Granite Digital with an LCD display on the
front where he can observe transfer rates in "real time". <G>
The HD installation is straight forward and simple with all the case
enclosures. Mom buy's him the expensive part and he uses the HD of his choice
in it?
Jack Russell
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