which external drive to use with macbook pro

ringo747 · 16 Jan 2007 at 02:20

hi guys,

am lookin for an external drive for my macbook pro. I was looking at the 250gb western digital mybook on this week only. Are these probably the best externals to go for? I will be moving a lot of video files to and from the disk so need good transfer speeds.

Are there any other good alternatives?

ringo747 · 16 Jan 2007 at 15:47

would you be able to recommend any of the caddies that you mention?

ringo747 · 16 Jan 2007 at 19:07

none of the above seem to support sata drives. why is this? are they not made or does ocuk not sell them?
cheers

ringo747 · 16 Jan 2007 at 20:59

rpstewart said:
There's a SATA to USB version of the second caddy here or an Enermax one here .

IcyBox don't do SATA to firewire at all which is strange.

yeah i think id need firewire for moving large video files from laptop to external disk. I think the caddy is the way to go tho as you can use multiple disks in it. Not simulteously tho!

ringo747 · 18 Jan 2007 at 00:16

cheers, il have to decide which one i want. proper external drive or normal disk in an external enclosure.

As long as its firewire it will be grand.