Jas
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http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131331
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http://www.ebuyer.com/product/133284
want to spend under 70 on a 500gb, just to store media really....
thanks
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Jas
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ttt
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John
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1st one looks better and has 11 good reviews.
Other one will do exactly the same job but costs a few quid less.
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Demo
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freecom would be my personal choice as i prefer the look and have used freecom stuff in the past and its been great
but i would imagine the lacie drive would do exactly the same job with no problems
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Doug
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Just spend an extra few quid and get a western digital 'mybook' bloody nice bits of kit 
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Kyle T
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I've just gone for the WD 320gb one, purely because I wanted a name I recognised.
If I'd have gone for the 500gb one for the same price, I'd be worried that i'd be losing half a TB of data sometime in the future 
Probably never going to happen though, but i'm just paranoid.
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Icy
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lacie is a good brand tho.
does it a power to run it on just usb?
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dannymccann
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out of those 2 i would go for the freecom because it looks nicer although has been said before they will both do exactly the same job
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Originally posted by Icy
lacie is a good brand tho.
does it a power to run it on just usb?
i assume because they are both called USB external drives and the fact it mentions nowhere they are powered by mains they run off usb? just an assumption but could be clearer
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John
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Power source, included ac adapter, running a big hdd is a bit much for usb.
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Deadude
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thought u needed mains power buti may be wrong and tbh most brands of hard drives have pretty similar failure ratings except for hitachi we seem to get a lot of them in at work that are f00ked
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Jas
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Yeah they are powered.... Ive used the 100gb usb ones and they're a bit too slow for my liking, and they aint cheap,,,
I went for the freecom one...
My mate said find me an external HDD for 50quid...
so Im giving him mine (250gb) and im uprgrading to 500 
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simon179
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western digi well better 
ther the external wesupply to customers in work 
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Jas
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and you charge how much for 500gb?
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amxor
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http://www.hotukdeals.com/deal/51856/lacie-500gb-external-hard-drive-53-
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simon179
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we get the westenr digi my books for abt 90-93 an sell em for btwn 100-120 dependin on who the customer is lol! we deal with buisinesses not public so if they gerin it wid a server we give em it for liek 100 but if jus buyin that like 110-120
an the lacies for abt 60 a fink but we prefer selin the western digis more reliable an better warranty
[Edited on 31-10-2007 by simon179]
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Dom
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Would go for the Lacie drives, only because i've used them in video and music editing/production situations and they're solid as a rock - never had a problem with them. Very quiet, very quick (firewire drives) and don't mind being on hours on end (usually have them on 24/7). They also get good reviews from the music industry, Sound on Sound rate them pretty highly too.
Though, like said, both are the same and i doubt you'll have many problems with one - just make sure you eject the drive properly before disconnecting etc
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andy1868
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i have a mybook, you may be able to get a 500GB base model for about that much, but if you want firewire, external SATA you pay more. i don't know what they retail at though i'm afraid
we've used these for afew years now and only had one fail, but it was the drive itself. the case was fine, because its the one i currently have
[Edited on 31-10-2007 by andy1868]
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