suggested external firewire hard drives?

[Brett Forrester]

Fellow iBookers,

I'm looking for shopping advice. My rig is a first edition iceBook 
(500 MHz, dual USB) with original 10 GB hard drive, and I use this 
machine for a little bit of everything. I'm looking to buy an 
external FireWire hard drive to, er,  supplement my storage 
situation--a drive that will stay in one place mostly but may, on 
occasion, travel along with my iBook in my iBook bag, so it should be 
somewhat portable, at least in weight if not dimensions. In terms of 
capacity, I'm thinking anywhere between 40-120 GB with high enough 
RPM to work with some limited digital video and iMovie. Also, as I'm 
using Jaguar more and more over OS 9, the option to function as a 
boot drive in OS X would be a swell perk. I had been looking at QPS' 
Que M3 drives, but they seem to be scarce, and I've since heard mixed 
reviews. More recently I have heard good things about OWC's Mercury 
Elite drives, but how are they in terms of weight and portability? 
What do you like and have had success with? Please share your 
reviews. Thanks.

Brett
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bforrester at macconnect.com