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    Is Seagate 300GB Pushbutton Backup External Hard drive any good?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by nhp1, Sep 10, 2007.

  1. nhp1

    nhp1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm thinking about purchasing the Seagate 300GB Pushbutton Backup External Hard Drive, anybody using this external hard drive? If so, what are your thoughts or reviews. I can't make up my mind between the Seagate 300GB Pushbutton External Hard Drive or the Seagate 500GB Free Agent Pro. Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated. Thank you!
     
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Personally, I'd go over to NewEgg and price out a Vantec Nexstar3 USB enclosure and a 300-320GB internal 3.5" hard drive. I think you will find it is much cheaper to build this yourself.
     
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    It depends on what you are looking for. Personally I would get the 500GB drive, because most of those one-touch systems don't work with OS X and even if they do, the programs for them are generally pretty bad. You are better off just getting a clean drive and using something such as SuperDuper! to do the backup.
     
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    graf1k Notebook Geek

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    I'd say go for the 500GB Free Agent which, if you look around, you can find for like $120. With Time Machine in Leopard you probably wouldn't get much out of the 'one-touch' backup.
     
    graf1k, Sep 10, 2007
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    chant Notebook Evangelist

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    i got my Free Agent Pro 500GB for $89 on sale @ office max last month
     
    chant, Sep 11, 2007
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