In article
<paul.sture.nospam-82F094.15464625062008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
"P. Sture" <paul.sture.nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <uce-FEEF27.19422024062008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Gregory Weston <uce@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > In article
> > <bd75c117-ff8b-4203-a273-8dc00f893d02@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Noble <NobleBell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> > > I just purchased VMWare's Fusion and am intending on using Windows
XP
> > > through it. I have been using the trial version for a couple of
weeks
> > > and really enjoyed it. I have an iMac and plan on using a USB
external
> > > hard drive to host all my Windows files and projects. Can you
suggest
> > > a good brand of drive and/or alternative to this?
> >
> > If the data you'll be using are of significant size, pay the couple of
> > extra bucks for a drive/case with a FireWire interface. The
performance
> > difference is not trivial and really shows on larger transfers.
>
> Perhaps it's where I live but every time I look at prices, FireWire
> devices come out at approximately double the price of their USB
> equivalents. Or are you saying I should be on the lookout for FireWire
> cases to put drives into?
I'd say it's certainly something about the merchants you're looking at.
Or, since it's fairly rare to find a single vendor that offers an
otherwise identical drive with and without FW, it's possible you're not
really looking at comparable units.
If I look at, for example, US prices on Western Digital MyBook units,
their low-end TB drive is USB only and lists for US$270. For $30 more,
the next model up offers FW *and* eSATA interfaces alongside the USB,
but also includes other features (of ambiguous value).
For what it's worth, I'm generally a fan of buying a bare drive and a
case. Sometimes because it typically saves me money and sometimes
because I want to make sure I get a specific mechanism on the inside
which can't be guaranteed on an assembled product.
--
"Harry?" Ron's voice was a mere whisper. "Do you smell something ...
burning?"
- Harry Potter and the Odor of the Phoenix
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