On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 2:18 pm -0800, Jeff Hubatka wrote:
>> Didn't I read somewhere that the FireWire implementation on the Pismo
>> had
>> some bugs so that you would not get the full throughput that should be
>> expected?
>>
>> -Laurent.
>
>The Pismo's are fine, it's the 1st gen TiBooks like
On Jan 13, 2004, at 12:30 PM, G-Books wrote:
If you are screwing around with lots of mp3s and Photoshop go ahead
and get an external drive. You cannot believe how fast photos
suck-up disk space. Also, external drives are faster than laptop
drives. Keep an eye open for cheap firewire boxes as
On 12/01/04 22:37, "Clyde Kahrl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you are screwing around with lots of mp3s and Photoshop go ahead
> and get an external drive. You cannot believe how fast photos
> suck-up disk space. Also, external drives are faster than laptop
> drives. Keep an eye open for
If you are screwing around with lots of mp3s and Photoshop go ahead
and get an external drive. You cannot believe how fast photos
suck-up disk space. Also, external drives are faster than laptop
drives. Keep an eye open for cheap firewire boxes as well as cheap
drives in the 160 to 250 gig ra
Then I'd get an external firewire HD. Your cost per GB is far cheaper if you
go with a 3.5" HD. And if you're collecting MP3s then you really want as
much space as you can reasonably afford. I'm running with an external 60 and
120 GB HD and there's only about 45 GB free between the two due to my
Forgot to include that small piece of info...
My Pismo has a 20GB HDD right now. It's an over glorified type writer,
music player, and web browser. Occasionally I have used Photoshop.
I've started using a digital camera and the music is piling up. I need
the space. Part of me is telling me
on 11/01/04 20:36, markemmanuel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm sitting here at home debating whether or not I should I should
> upgrade to a 80GB Hitachi Drive or buy an external firewire drive. My
> past experience with ext drives are that they die pretty quickly. How
> is the reliablity of
The first question is what do you have now? If you've got the original 6 or
10 Gig HD then I'd definitely upgrade the internal to at least 40 Gig.
Exactly what you upgrade to depends on your budget and needs.
You should consider putting your old internal drive in an external case if
it's of dec
