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    portable external harddrives - WD, LaCie, Seagate, Maxtor? Share your experience

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by olifka, Jun 18, 2007.

  1. olifka

    olifka Notebook Guru

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    Hi,
    anyone here has experience with Western Digital Elements?
    Looks real nice on their site, but I didn't find any info about it here on the forums.
    And has anyone had any acquaintance with LaCie?
    As for Seagate Freeagent, I've read mostly negative feedback.
     
    olifka, Jun 18, 2007
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  2. jetstar

    jetstar Notebook Deity

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    I've used Seagate FreeAgent HDs, and I've experienced zero issues so far.

    The Western Digital Elements HDs look rather nice.
     
    jetstar, Jun 18, 2007
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  3. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    I've got a mobile LaCie HD. Dropped it a few times, still works like a charm.
     
    Budding, Jun 18, 2007
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  4. DrewN

    DrewN Notebook Evangelist

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    WD Passport 60GB here, no complaints at all :)
     
    DrewN, Jun 18, 2007
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  5. Ethyriel

    Ethyriel Notebook Deity

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    I like Apricorn myself, Seagate would be my second choice.
     
    Ethyriel, Jun 18, 2007
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  6. STEvil

    STEvil Notebook Consultant

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    WD Passport 120gb, works great.

    500GB iBook (WD?).. makes clicking noises :(
     
    STEvil, Jun 18, 2007
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    mikeymike Notebook Evangelist

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    i still have a LaCie external CD Burner when i was on the mac train ages ago. LaCie products are extremely expensive and the only LaCie products worth it are their pro monitors (NEC) cause sometimes you can find them at nice prices.

    With how cheap HD's are nowadays i suggest you just make one youself that way you can choose what size you want and what external casing you like
     
    mikeymike, Jun 18, 2007
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