Thanks Edward. Your warning prompted me to go search out some other product reviews, eg....
http://www.amazon.com/LaCie-Extreme-External-Interface-300801U/dp/customer-r eviews/B000AZFYQ0/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_helpful/002-0167514-1367232?ie=UTF8&custo mer-reviews.sort%5Fby=-SubmissionDate&coliid=&showViewpoints=1&customer-revi ews.start=1&colid=#customerReviews ..and I've read enough now to put me off of Lacie. Perhaps I'll rephrase my original query with 'which company makes the best quality hard drives' and then pick a size from there. Regards, Steven On 27/10/07 9:03 AM, "Edward Arrowsmith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have had bad experiences with LaCie from the pov of the drives and > Mac compatibility and customer service (there is none). The drive was > one of the Porsche designs - I would advise against them. > > I am getting a G-Tech drive for Time Machine: http:// > www.provis.com.au/shop/index.php?cPath=69 > > > Best wishes > edward > > > On 27/10/2007, at 8:33 AM, Steven wrote: > >> If I decide to upgrade to Leopard, which I guess I will sooner or >> later so >> it might as well be sooner, then I quite like the idea of Time >> Machine. I >> have three Macs (MacBook Pro, G4 PowerBook, and a G4 iBook) running >> on a >> wireless network, plus Apple TV, and historically my back up >> solution has >> been to manually copy my critical files from one Mac to another >> periodically, but inevitably never as frequent as I should because >> it's a >> pain. >> >> I understand that with Time Machine you need an external hard drive >> plugged >> into your Mac, but can someone please confirm that Time Machine >> will work >> just as well with a hard drive plugged into an Airport Extreme Base >> Station? >> And if I install Leopard on all three Macs, would all of them >> automatically >> back up to a single hard drive plugged into Airport Extreme via Time >> Machine? >> >> Assuming yes to all of that, is there a clear leader in hard drive >> options >> based on capacity and value for money? I see at the Apple web site >> that in >> terms of size consideration alone, the largest seems to be a LaCie 2 >> terabyte for A$1,199. But a 2-3 month waiting time?! >> <www.dstore.com.au> >> seems to have them in stock for $1,062.05 plus $14.95 delivery, >> <http://www.digitalyes.com.au> has them for $940.40 plus $15.80 >> delivery. Is >> LaCie a good brand I terms of value for money. >> >> Maybe 2 terabyte is overkill for my purposes and the 1 terabyte >> Lacie Big >> Disk Extreme option is good, which seems to sell as low as $406. I >> would >> have thought you get scale economies buying bigger disks, but >> seemingly not. >> >> Any thoughts and tips read with interest. >> >> Regards, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
