On Jan 10, 2006, at 11:05 PM, Chris Olson wrote: > On Jan 10, 2006, at 6:34 PM, John Griffin wrote: > >> Now there is an excellent question! With my Powerbook 1.5mhz I ran >> benchmarks on a LaCie “Big Disk” that has both FW800 and FW400. >> There was very little if any difference in the speed between the >> two interfaces. Perhaps it makes a difference on a Quad Powermac, >> but I doubt if it has much difference on anything else. > > Actually very wrong. Buy something other than a LaCie if you want > a decent drive. Chris: What's your suggestions then on a decent FW800 drive? I'm looking to get a new back up drive for my new(ish) Alum 1GHz. Thanks, bill William Scammell Creative Director bill @ wscd.biz vox: 781-956-3548 fax: 978-594-5290