Hey Greg, Some of the external hard drive enclosures come with both an eSATA port as well as USB ports. Well, the 3.5" hard drive versions anyway.
I've no brand recommendation, but make sure it's got some form of cooling (eg: fans). On 4 March 2010 12:53, Tiang Cheng <tiang.ch...@staff.iinet.net.au> wrote: > External harddrives are so 2009. Uploading files to the cloud is the way > to go. I use dropbox, which syncs all my computers automatically and does > version control. > > > > www.dropbox.com > > > > T > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Greg Keogh > *Sent:* Thursday, 4 March 2010 9:50 AM > *To:* ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com > *Subject:* [OT] External hard drives > > > > My wife needs an external hard drive for backing-up and carrying around her > couple of hundred MB of work files. I’ve never owned an ext HDD or looked at > them, so before I drive down to the local MSY (parts > list<http://www.msy.com.au/Parts/PARTS.pdf>) > to get one, I’d like to check first if there are any recommendations or > traps to be aware of. Friends have ext HDDs with USB connections, but I > suppose they are outdated now as our new office desktop machines have SATA > plugholes on the back ... is that right? > > > > Cheers, > > Greg > > _______________________________________________ > ozdotnet mailing list > ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozdotnet > >
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