Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!nntp-feed.chiark.greenend.org.uk!ewrotcd!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: android Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: External HD Recommendation Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 19:15:53 +0100 Organization: thecenter Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <281220130921464151%otto@bogus.address.com> <281220130944225582%whanna@invalid.invalid> <291220131008384888%otto@bogus.address.com> X-Trace: individual.net h1peJq1hHhKBHsZhv5qRbAEBEQGSpRLmc0YqD795oxalHMrY5F X-Orig-Path: here Cancel-Lock: sha1:XeZHBTzCTJaAApVarMJmv0cqDUU= User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.2 (Intel Mac OS X) X-No-Archive: Yes Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:54013 In article <291220131008384888%otto@bogus.address.com>, Otto Pylot wrote: > In article , Ant > wrote: > > > On 12/28/2013 9:44 AM PT, William Hanna typed: > > > > > i've had good luck with Seagate drives. > > > > > > it will be easy finding 1 TB drives for $100. > > > > > > i just bought four 4 TB Seagate Backup Plus HDs for $150 each, to > > > replace all the 1 and 2 TB HDs cluttering up my desk. > > > > You missed USB3 external 1 TB Seagate HDDs for $59.00 yesterday in Fry's > > Electronic stores yesterday. :( > > Thanks for all of your input. Didn't realize that HD choice could be > such a touchy subject. Yes, I know not to use any bundled software that > comes with the drives and to reformat it with Disk Utility I was just > looking for recommendations based on experience (certainly got those). > > I was going to go to Fry's yesterday but got off track. Buying at Fry's > is always a carp shoot unless you know how to buy at Fry's. Once > burned, twice shy. Found out yesterday that my bro-in-law has a couple > of WD "book end" drives. That's the wrong term I know but they do look > like books so he may wipe one and give it to me. We'll see. I'f you only need it for that upgrade then you don't need to own it do you? Your bro can lend it to you and get it back! -- teleportation kills