[G4] USB2 HD

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Go for the Firewire!  (if you want my opinion).  When I installed an 80 
Gb HD in my G3 iBook, I put the 20 Gig HD I took out into an aluminum 
Coolmax firewire box and use that for backup and file transfers.  It's 
powered by the firewire port and makes a great portable HD.  It's only 
3 1/2 by 6 inches and a little over a half inch in height.  It has a 
bootable OS on it so I can start up any firewire mac with it.  The case 
only cost me $20 on sale.  2 1/2 inch IDE drives can be had pretty 
inexpensively.  Do a little research (check Buy.com; CNET clearance; 
mwave.com; Newegg; Zip, Zoom, Fly; and others for the best deals 
available.  It will take a little time, but is well worth it if you're 
on a tight budget.

Dan


On Tuesday, October 16, 2007, at 09:14  AM, O'Brien wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:28:26 +0100, Perry Mitchell wrote:
>> Also depends on the device. USB2 has two speeds:
>> Full-Speed and Hi-Speed. The former is really USB1.1 and is limited to
>> 12Mb/s. My Humax PVR works at this speed even though it says USB2 on 
>> the
>> box!
>
> Well...*that's* discouraging. How can you tell if an external HD is 
> *really* USB2 before you buy it?
>
> I'm looking at this one as an example:
> <http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Maxtor/M01H250/>
>
> I was just about decided to get a USB2 card and HD, but maybe should 
> spend for an FW HD.
>
>
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>
> O'Brien
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