[MacDV] LaCie FW D2 vs. Porsche

[Doug Mitchell]

I have a 120 gb d2 and a 160 gb Porsche.  The Porsche is smaller than 
the d2.  Both function extremely well.

Doug Mitchell
On Feb 20, 2004, at 11:28 AM, David Crump wrote:

> Thanks for the great link.  This brought two other questions to my 
> mind.
> First of all, I noticed that for $10 more than the 120GB D2, I could 
> get a 160GB Porsche drive.  Why the difference?  The picture makes the 
> D2 look smaller, but the dimensions show that they are similar.  Is 
> the D2 better quality?
> Second question:
> Would my clamshell iBook recognize more than 120GB of a drive?  I 
> remember that discussed here before, but maybe that was just an issue 
> for internal drives.
> Dave.
>
> <snip>
> http://www.dvshop.ca/drives/fwexternal.html
>
> I have a 80 and a 160 gb and they work as good as they look. Want to 
> save $40 try the above link. I bought the 160 GB there in August, went 
> to the store and found them to be friendly and helpful.
>
> Gerhard Kuhn
> </snip>
>
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