Yeah, I'm pretty happy with my 1TB WD MyBook.
One thing to look out for is that WD label their MyBook units slightly differently depending on the interface. For example my triple interface (USB2.0, FW400, FW800) unit was called a MyBook Pro Edition II. They have apparently brought out some new editions also, check out: <http://www.wdmybook.com/en/editions/> HTH Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 27/10/07 9:16 AM, Daniel Kerr at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi All > > I'll weigh in on this, seeing as I can help :o) > > Western Digital make some great hard drives, and I've been very happy with > them. There are a few ones to do this:- > > A Sarotech Firewire case with a Western Digital Hard Drive in it (Depending > on size wanted and required.) This come with an internal power supply, so > uses the "normal" power cable. Great for moving around (and it has a carry > bag as well). The beauty with these are that you can get into them to check > things, and change hard drives down the track should you want something > bigger. > Most WD drives come with either 3 or 5 year warranty now, and the Sarotech > cases are generally 2 years warranty. > > Western Digital also then do there own style drives called MyBook. Very nice > units ranging from about 320Gb through to 2TB. You can either run these as > RAID 0 or 1, so most of them can either be the full size drive (eg 2TB) or > mirrored for "double safe" backup (eg 2TB, but shows up as 1TB). > > And of course,..my "plug" :o) > > Any of the above drives I can supply, so if anyone did want something by all > means drop me an email and I'm happy to price it up for you. > (Will be next week as I'm away for this weekend after this email) :o) > > But, I've been selling Sarotech cases and drives since I started doing > MacWizardry and they are fantastic! One of the reasons I've kept supplying > them all this time. And now that WD do their own style to complement this. > it's great! > > But that's just my opinion :o) > Hope that helps! > > Enjoy!! > > Kind Regards > Daniel > > > On 27/10/2007 9:00 AM, "Steven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 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]> > > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Macintosh** > > > -- 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]> -- Neil R. 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