MacWorld tested a bunch of drives in October: http:// www.macworld.com/2005/10/reviews/firewiremain/index.php The ones they liked the most are the Iomega Black series. And you are right, the LaCie disks are right at or near the bottom! jg On 11-Jan-06, at 9:47 AM, Chris Olson wrote: > On Jan 11, 2006, at 8:24 AM, William Scammell wrote: > >> 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 > > I like the OWC Mercury Elite Pro Firewire RAID system. It uses an > Oxford chipset and blows a comparable LaCie drive away on > performance. About the same price as a 1TB LaCie Big Disk too. > -- > Chris