[MacDV] Internal HD vs. External HD comparison

[Preston]

Gerhard is right. Get an external FW HD which will (most likely) have 
a faster rotational speed and access time than any 2.5" drive you 
would get for inside your mini. Plus it offers portability ( I just 
used one of my 4 externals to transport a DVD project last week). 
3.5" HDs are cheap ($70 for 160GB 7200 8mb buffer) now and you can 
get good FW enclosures for $35 on up. or you can pay a premium for 
buying it pre-assembled by companies such as Maxtor or LaCie, but you 
are stuck using the drive mechanisms they offer. Either way you go, 
you should definately consider Gerhard's suggestion and keep that 
warranty intact.

-preston


>40 GB will be lots of room for all your applications, what you want 
>to do is save your data, i.e. captured video, to the external drive. 
>I have two external LaCie firewire drives that I capture my video to 
>but all the applications are on the internal drive.
>
>Gerhard