[X4U] Installing Leopard from a different machine on a new external HD

[Neil Laubenthal]

I saw a response recommending the WD MyBook . . . we bought 5 of these  
for work and 4 of them have died.

Personally I usually get my drives from OWC . . . although I'm really  
thinking about getting one of those Drobos.


On Oct 18, 2008, at 19:11, Linda wrote:

> On 10/18/08 1:54 PM, David R. Boag, DDS wrote:
>
>> Also, I need recommendations for a 500GB external HD. I'd like it to
>> have eSATA and FW800 but it's not mission critical right now, but  
>> I'll
>> just bet in the next couple of years we're gonna see eSATA on Macs.
>
> Other World Computing has quad-interface external disk drives  
> (Mercury AL
> Elite). I recently purchased two bare drives -- 500 GB Seagates -- and
> bought two of OWC's empty quad-interface enclosures. VERY quiet,  
> fanless, me
> happy.
>
> If you can open the LaCie case, you can pop a new disk in there for  
> much
> less than a whole new disk/enclosure combo.
>
> ~Linda
>
>
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