Hi Everyone, I totally support Greg's message regarding Daniel of Macwizardry fame. I too bought hardrives and laptops from Daniel, and the external drives are with FW and USB and all three of them have been extremely reliable, and so is the internal drive I have installed in my G5 1.8Ghz PPC.
Furthermore, I have installed OS X 10.5.7 on one of the external FW drives from Daniel, and regularly boot my machine from this drive. This means that I am able to keep my older applications running on 10.3.9 installed on one of my internal drives. That's the beauty of FireWire! I guess that it is now a question of 'use it or loose it', and that's why I would promote the use of the local businesses. I know that one may get something a tad cheaper interstate or overseas, but nothing beats the local dealer whom you can call or email for some advice or support. Kind regards all, Philippe Chaperon 2009/5/27 Greg Manzie <gman...@bigpond.net.au>: > Hello Ken > > Talk to Daniel Kerr at Macwizardry. He sells the Sarotech brand of external > cases. I've had 5 of them and only one ever failed. > > My 1TB is going strong. > > They come in various configurations for USB, Firewire 400, Firewire 800 and > SATA or all of the above. > > You can remove the hard drive and fit another one too. > > Daniel's details are ; 0414 795 960 > > dan...@macwizardry.com.au > > Daniel is a great asset to the Perth Mac community and I have no hesitation > in recommending him. > > > > > Regards > > Greg Manzie > Director > > Glyde Gallery Conservation > Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers > for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors > > 5 Glyde Street > Mosman Park > Western Australia 6012 > > ABN 89 154 124 265 > > Phone (08) 9383 3929 > Mobile 0448 844 381 > 0438 833 144 > Email gman...@bigpond.net.au > > > On 27/05/2009, at 5:08 PM, Peter Fowler wrote: > >> Hi Ken >> >> Can't help you with the firewire but awhile back I picked up a Doro VOIP + >> landline cordless phone for my other half to chat with her friends >> interstate via skype. >> It is still available from Dealsdirect and is very easy to set up and >> use. As well as being able to use it for voip it doubles as a landline phone >> >> >> www.dealsdirect.com.au/p/doro-voip-landline-cordless-telephone >> >> cheers >> >> Peter F >> >> On 27/05/2009, at 3:01 PM, Ken Jackson wrote: >> >>> Speaking of that..Hi everyone, can someone tell me where I might find a >>> 1TB Firewire drive for a G5 running 104.11 please. >>> They all seem very expensive? Also has anyone experience with a Wireless >>> USB headset for Skype use? >>> >>> regards all, >>> >>> Ken >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 27/05/2009, at 11:58 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: >>> >>>> on 27/5/09 8:32 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 27/05/2009, at 8:21 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 26/05/2009, at 6:16 PM, Chris Burton wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Ronni and Sue >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks for the reply and its good to be back in the mix. It was >>>>>>> kind of weird not having all the wamug emails daily and it only >>>>>>> twigged a short while ago!! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> re the usb drives, I was amazed to see such a large drive being usb >>>>>>> powered now. Im going to take my MB in tomorrow and just plug it in >>>>>>> and see if I can drag a couple of files across. Not bad value at >>>>>>> under $200 for 500gb!! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> thanks again >>>>>>> >>>>>>> regards >>>>>>> >>>>>>> chris >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Just be aware that your enthusiasm may be curbed if you ever try to >>>>>> copy very large amounts of data at once (such as cloning your hard >>>>>> drive!). USB 2.0 tends to choke and slow to a crawl under such >>>>>> conditions. This is why a drive with a Firewire port, while more >>>>>> expensive, is a much better option. It is much better at sustaining >>>>>> a transfer rate. >>>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> I certainly agree with Peter, I personally would not purchase a USB >>>>> External Drive for backup purposes or transferring large Video files. >>>>> Firewire is faster and more stable. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Which makes it even more annoying that Apple is now pushing you more & >>>> more >>>> to USB: >>>> >>>> - Want to plug a drive to an airport extreme for network access - it >>>> has >>>> to be USB. >>>> - Macbooks no longer have firewire ports >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Neil >>>> -- >>>> Neil R. Houghton >>>> Albany, Western Australia >>>> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 >>>> Email: n...@possumology.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>> >>> >>> -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> >> >> -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > > -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- J Philippe Chaperon Perth, Australie Occidentale -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
