<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>Lacie, Maxtor, Wiebe</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 14, 2006, at 2:19 PM, Randy B.Singer wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana; min-height: 11.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">What brands?</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana; min-height: 11.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">I always put my own external drives together using a FireWire case kit. <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">That way I can determine for myself which brand and model of mechanism is<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">in the case (most external drive manufacturers, such as La Cie, won't<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">guarantee a particular mechanism or model of mechanism), and I can choose<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">a case that has the characteristics that I want.</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>