I'm looking for a cheap external harddrive (or whatever they are called) for a macbook pro. Any ideas?
size? price? usb/socket power?
usb and for less than 50 pounds
Something like a Western Digital Elements 500GB would probably be a good option.
I've never had a problem with any of my WD external hard drives, but I know some people aren't big fans...
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/221352
I've never had a problem with any of my WD external hard drives, but I know some people aren't big fans...
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/221352
Last edited by Little BaBy JESUS (2010-10-06 02:40:08)
i have a WD external... i've never had problems with it.
I've got a WD external at the moment, and no problems (touch wood), but I had one before it and it died.
steelie34 wrote:
i have a WD external... i've never had problems with it.
I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.
ive had about 7 and about 3 have died and one is very clearly on the way out
used daily, transported often... abused occasionally
used daily, transported often... abused occasionally
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After how long did they die on average?Uzique wrote:
ive had about 7 and about 3 have died and one is very clearly on the way out
used daily, transported often... abused occasionally
one lasted about 2 months.
one has lasted me 4 years or so and hasn't complained
hard-drives i find are more of a lottery than a science
one has lasted me 4 years or so and hasn't complained
hard-drives i find are more of a lottery than a science
libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual. http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/
Mine has survived a few nasty drops onto tiled floors and things, other than that though it tends to sit on top of my pc most of the time.
I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.
haha well saidUzique wrote:
hard-drives i find are more of a lottery than a science
Yeah I've had one thats survived 2.5 years and one thats survived the 8 months I've had it. So no complaints about WD from me (yet) haha.
yea same here got a 500Gig Samsung one and its also excellentsteelie34 wrote:
i have a WD external... i've never had problems with it.
I have one which has survived 15 years, not WD AFAIK.Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
Yeah I've had one thats survived 2.5 years and one thats survived the 8 months I've had it. So no complaints about WD from me (yet) haha.
My WD 1TB seems OK so far.
Last edited by Dilbert_X (2010-10-06 18:16:21)
Fuck Israel
Never really had any problems with WD internal or external drives, they have all been good to me so far.
looks like you got your answer:
buy it now!
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buy it now!
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^ looks pretty hot
I'd still stick my power cable into it's input socket.
If you know what I mean.
If you know what I mean.
Oh noes but it's flash! If you rename a file 10 times it will be deleted!!!
Hawt
The new WD passport externals are plagued with problems. I'd go for one with a dedicated power supply for sure.
But Wiiiiiiiiinstonnnn
Loooooooook at it..
Loooooooook at it..
i've had mine for about a year and never had problem. anything you notice in particular? i mean, finny's right, look how sexy she itWinston_Churchill wrote:
The new WD passport externals are plagued with problems. I'd go for one with a dedicated power supply for sure.