[MacDV] External hard drive for video work

[Allan]

Thanks for the info. But as I said, odd it isn't it.

Allan

On 4 Dec 2006, at 00:48, Brett Conlon wrote:

> Hiya Allan,
>
> I had this comment from our Company IT specialist:
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> "LaCie appear to be the main supporters of the Firewire 800  
> interface, but
> unfortunately they have an absolutely dreadful reputation for  
> reliability,
> mainly due to faulty IDE bridge design from what I can tell, but  
> also they
> have very poor cooling that wouldn't help. The web is awash with angry
> customers that are fuming over all the lost data. eg check out  
> Amazon.com
> where they get a one star rating. When I bought mine the cheapest  
> local
> vendor was www.epowermac.com.au, but ended up getting it off the shelf
> from Harris Technology (www.ht.com.au) for a few bucks more. It was
> replaced twice due to failures (and total loss of data) before I  
> gave up
> and demanded my money back. There has been a firmware upgrade since  
> then
> but a friend of mine is still having trouble with theirs even with  
> that
> "fix". Another colleague has got one that failed too.
> My advice is stay well away from them if you value your data."
>
> Coj
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> Allan <allan at dsol.co.uk>
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> 04/12/06 11:44 AM
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> Odd isn't it. I use 4 Lacie 800/400 at home and service a couple of
> labs with over 25 4oo Lacie drives between them. No problem at all.
>
> Allan Johns
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> On 4 Dec 2006, at 00:38, Neil Poese wrote:
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>> Brett,
>>
>> I've used a variety of external FW400 drives over the years in my
>> high school Mac video lab. My most recent drives are a G-Drive
>> bought from B&H and a Promax drive. Both of them have been great
>> and seem to run cool. Absolutely stay away from LaCie.
>>
>> Neil Poese
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