[MacDV] Little Tiny 40Gig

[Colin McDonald]

An updated version of a previous post of mine (for anyone with a 
photographic memory:-)

I've been using the LaCie 160 Gb Drive Firewire 400 drive (with a PB 
Titanium 667) for about 7 months - its very good and also now available 
in larger sizes all with Firewire 800/400 and USB 2. I use it for 
Audio/video files and as a boot drive when needed.  It's fast enough to 
let me import DV footage straight to the external drive with no 
problems (Sony TRV25e). Costs quite a bit less than £1 UK per gigabyte 
from my local Apple dealer or online purchase.

Colin McDonald

On Sunday, Jun 6, 2004, at 13:25 Europe/London, Charles Pearson wrote:

> From our history with drives can you believe that our 40gig drives are 
> little tiny? Never would have thunk it! Do do space restraints on my 
> powerbook, I was considering a firewire drive for movie work. If I 
> start a new project on an external firewire drive, can I make the 
> whole thing from import of movies, pics, and sound all the way through 
> iMovie to iDVD to burned DVD? Are there any "details" that I need to 
> be aware of? Or, can I just find a decent sized decent priced firewire 
> drive and have at it? Any recommendations? Any other suggestions? 
> Thanks.