[Ti] no FW800

[Dr Trevor J. Hutley]

On 11 Jan 2006, at 19:07, Ian Collier wrote:

> When macuser.co.uk tested a number of FW drives including the   
> LaCie d2 Extreme 160 GB it was the fastest drive on test. (Sept '04  
> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/macuser/labs/20:18/hard-drives/products.html )

Ian - thanks for reminding me of my LaCie disk model. It is a LaCie  
d2 drive (250Gb) with FW800 that I have, in Saudi Arabia, and (to  
answer an earlier question to me) it makes the new backup of my Al- 
book HD in about half the time that it took with my LaCie FW400 disk  
(which I have here in GVA).  I am sure that neither function at their  
rated throughput, but the FW800 copy time is for sure about half of  
the FW400 time.

It is good to know that there are better disks round, but often it is  
a question of what is available in stock and at a reasonable price  
during my short visits to Geneva....

Trevor