Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} External hard-drive choice

2006-08-16 Thread Willie Wong
On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 08:49:43PM -0600, Penguin Lover Collins Richey squawked: > >> According to the drive enclosure advertisements, > >> metal case is better for heat dissipation, but I have no hard > >> evidence. These units have the "standard" external AC->DC chunky > >> blocks. > > > >My encl

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} External hard-drive choice

2006-08-16 Thread Collins Richey
On 8/16/06, Ian Kabeary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 8/15/06, Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > According to the drive enclosure advertisements, > metal case is better for heat dissipation, but I have no hard > evidence. These units have the "standard" external AC->DC chunky > bl

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} External hard-drive choice

2006-08-15 Thread Collins Richey
On 8/15/06, Willie Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, I am looking to purchase an external hard-drive for backing up data. I am looking for something that has >250G capacity (preferably around 300G so I have room to grow). My desktop does not have a firewire port, so it is essential

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} External hard-drive choice

2006-08-15 Thread Thomas Harold
Willie Wong wrote: Hi all, I am looking to purchase an external hard-drive for backing up data. I am looking for something that has >250G capacity (preferably around 300G so I have room to grow). My desktop does not have a firewire port, so it is essential that I can use a USB2 connecti

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} External hard-drive choice

2006-08-15 Thread Ian Kabeary
On 8/15/06, Willie Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 10:08:29AM -0700, Penguin Lover Ow Mun Heng squawked:> >   Unfortunately, I can't seem to find any offered by brands that I > >   know (like I mentioend above, Maxtor/Seagate/Buffalo/etc. all have>> Why not? If you want a c

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} External hard-drive choice

2006-08-15 Thread Willie Wong
On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 10:08:29AM -0700, Penguin Lover Ow Mun Heng squawked: > > Unfortunately, I can't seem to find any offered by brands that I > > know (like I mentioend above, Maxtor/Seagate/Buffalo/etc. all have > > Why not? If you want a cheap one, a 2.5in one selling in > Surpluscomput

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} External hard-drive choice

2006-08-15 Thread Richard Fish
On 8/15/06, Ian Kabeary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I like my Vantec Nexstar 3 enclosure. Try for one of them, they are cheap, flexible in capacity and nice to look at. Works in Gentoo just as easily as a Jumpdrive. ~Ian If you are looking to buy the drive and enclosure separately, I too can re

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} External hard-drive choice

2006-08-15 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Tue, 2006-08-15 at 12:53 -0400, Willie Wong wrote: > Hi all, > > I am looking to purchase an external hard-drive for backing up data. > I am looking for something that has >250G capacity (preferably > around 300G so I have room to grow). If you're in US, and there's a Fry's store nearby

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} External hard-drive choice

2006-08-15 Thread Ian Kabeary
I like my Vantec Nexstar 3 enclosure. Try for one of them, they are cheap, flexible in capacity and nice to look at. Works in Gentoo just as easily as a Jumpdrive. ~Ian  On 8/15/06, Willie Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all,I am looking to purchase an external hard-drive for backing up data.I a

[gentoo-user] {OT} External hard-drive choice

2006-08-15 Thread Willie Wong
Hi all, I am looking to purchase an external hard-drive for backing up data. I am looking for something that has >250G capacity (preferably around 300G so I have room to grow). My desktop does not have a firewire port, so it is essential that I can use a USB2 connection. (Of course, it