[HM] External drive types

[Greg McNeil]

Jane,
I just bought a Seagate 300GB Firewire/USB2 external drive for around 
$200.00 after a $40.00 rebate. USB 2 is as fast if not slightly faster 
than Firewire. My kids are using the drive for movies and music on an 
eMac that has  USB 1and firewire and on an iBook which has USB 2 and 
firewire. We use firewire on the eMac and USB 2 on the iBook and both 
are really fast.

I agree about checking Dealmac for good prices and recommend their 
email notification service. I signed up to be notified about deals on 
300GB firewire/USB2 external hard drives and saved $50.00 by waiting a 
week for the deal to come around. I did the research and decided what I 
wanted, so when the email came I was ready to jump.

Thanks,

Greg

On Feb 12, 2005, at 10:29 PM, Jane Sprando wrote:

> I have been looking to buy a LaCie External drive. I have been 
> watching ebay
> and noticed that there are 2 types of drives, USB and Firewire.
>
> Is there are a great deal of differences in the drives? I see that the 
> USB
> drives are cheaper.
>
> Comments and opinions, please.
>
> Jane
>
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