Recommend me an external E sata /firewire/ HDD enclosure for my new seagate 500 GIG

Though there are many 500gig externals out there, I am in a similar situation to you and have decided to try to get a 600 so i had more space to play with for other purposes. If the extra 100 (and a little jump in price) doesn't offend too much. I'd recommend the 'LaCie Big Disk Extreme' should be ~£217

FireWire 800, FireWire 400, Hi-Speed USB 2.0
Built-in RAID 0 for Extreme FireWire 800 speed
Convenient: Plug & play, stack, rack-mount or stand upright
Heat-dissipating, ultra-quiet, compact metal design
Fanless
Interface Transfer Rate :
FireWire 800: up to 800Mbits/s (100MB/s)
FireWire 400: up to 400Mbits/s (50MB/s)
USB 2.0: up to 480Mbits/s (60MB/s)
Max Sustained Transfer Rate :
FireWire 800: up to 88 MB/s
FireWire 400: up to 42MB/s
USB 2.0: up to 34MB/s
Size : 44x270x173 mm (HxDxW)
Weight : 2500 g
System Requirements :
FireWire 800 equipped computer: Mac OS 10.2 or greater or Windows 2000/XP
FireWire 400 or iLink equipped computer: Mac OS 9.x/10.x or Windows 2000/XP
USB 2.0 equipped computer: Mac OS 10.2.x or greater or Windows 2000/XP
USB 1.1 equipped computer: Mac OS 9.x/10.x or Windows 2000/XP; Intel Pentium II 350MHz-compatible or Apple G3 processor or greater; minimum 64MB RAM

It hasn't been released just yet, OCuk might start selling them, if not, i'm sure you can use google ;) It seems like a sound option looking at the spec + it's a reliable make.
 
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