WOW! This is a great deal. A 1 TB (terabyte = 1000 gigs) external USB drive for only about $145! Just incredible and a huge amount of back up space. Check it out:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/ref=pe_19010_10395200_pe_t3/?ASIN=B001AHSNB0
AWESOME.. I was looking for a 1 TB drive.. thanks Rico
Only downside is it's USB.. not firewire.. but I think I can live with that.
But I did find one for $189 with Firewire.. is it worth the extra $40 for the firewire??
In my view not really. Firewire will give you better sustained speed, but USB is more universal. And USB 2.0 is pretty quick. I use one much like the one I listed here (it's a 750 MB capactiy) and I can even stream video off it via USB.
In my opinion, stick with the most simple of hardrives. I had a fairly "complicated" Hardrive from Western Digital and it broke just a little too easy and caused quite a few problems with my computer. I bought another more simple External hardrive from the same company and have no complaints whatsoever. I "stream" Stargate episodes via USB and it works nicely.
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Tigerdirect doing a big sale till midnight...
internal 1 TB drive $129!
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3346290&SRCCODE=WEM1716C (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3346290&SRCCODE=WEM1716C)
Dang - unavailable now it seems.
My brain hurts ha ha