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#1 2009-08-17 10:57 pm
- tjlean
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Which Portable HD is better?
Looking at WD passport, WD elements and Seagate Free agent go. These are all USB powered.
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#3 2009-08-18 3:36 am
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Re: Which Portable HD is better?
Better are likely inbound. Someone, Seagate perhaps, just brought out a 2.5" 1TB drive, IIRC. Put a case on that and you have good portability with high cap.
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#5 2009-08-18 8:44 am
- sturner
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Re: Which Portable HD is better?
I like my signatureMini. It's only 250GB but that's enough for a portable and my needs.
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#6 2009-08-18 10:08 pm
- avkills
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Re: Which Portable HD is better?
G-RAID Mini or G-Drive. G-Technology. Can't go wrong. Impeccable customer service also. They were bought out by Hitachi though -- not sure how that will play out, but I doubt much will change.
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#7 2009-08-19 9:05 am
- sturner
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Re: Which Portable HD is better?
Note: the SignitureMini is sold by SimpleTech (Hitachi). They do have other sizes above and below the 250GB.
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#8 2009-08-25 10:17 am
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Re: Which Portable HD is better?
I use a 320GB WD passport and a 500GB WD passport. They have Firewire and USB connections and work fine with my iBook, G4 tower and G4 Mac Mini. I use one to store my iTunes library so I can connect it to whichever Mac I happen to have with me.
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#9 2009-08-25 10:37 am
- SomeOneOrOther
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Re: Which Portable HD is better?
I'm happy with my 400gig WD Elements.
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