I want to purchase a hard drive with as much as space as possible for $300 or less, but I don't want to have to have to install any software in order to use it.
I will mainly be using it with macs, and on the apple site I found the smartdisk firelite, an 80gb for $379
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APP...Tklr63LKL3s8bF7zvTDSy65B/1.3.0.5.10.3.24.13.0
But it's available elsewhere for $300.
http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_...search=smartdisk firelite/ut=41668b77853a35f1
I think I'd prefer a drive that had used a usb 2 port instead of a firewire 400 (for speed...I compared on pricegrabber the speeds of the firewire and usb 2.0, the 2.0 is faster by 80 mbps). However, the firewire 800 is much faster, so I found this as the best choice..
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APP...Tklr63LKL3s8bF7zvTDSy65B/1.3.0.5.10.3.16.13.0
The way I knew that the smartdisk didn't require cd installation/extra software is because it said so, and under "system requirements", a cd-rom drive wasn't listed (and it is listed as a req with other hard drives). So with the above link, the lacie drive doesn't require a cd rom drive, so is it safe to assume that it is really hot pluggable like the description says?
And if so, why is the lacie cheaper than the 80gb smartdisk?
I will mainly be using it with macs, and on the apple site I found the smartdisk firelite, an 80gb for $379
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APP...Tklr63LKL3s8bF7zvTDSy65B/1.3.0.5.10.3.24.13.0
But it's available elsewhere for $300.
http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_...search=smartdisk firelite/ut=41668b77853a35f1
I think I'd prefer a drive that had used a usb 2 port instead of a firewire 400 (for speed...I compared on pricegrabber the speeds of the firewire and usb 2.0, the 2.0 is faster by 80 mbps). However, the firewire 800 is much faster, so I found this as the best choice..
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APP...Tklr63LKL3s8bF7zvTDSy65B/1.3.0.5.10.3.16.13.0
The way I knew that the smartdisk didn't require cd installation/extra software is because it said so, and under "system requirements", a cd-rom drive wasn't listed (and it is listed as a req with other hard drives). So with the above link, the lacie drive doesn't require a cd rom drive, so is it safe to assume that it is really hot pluggable like the description says?
And if so, why is the lacie cheaper than the 80gb smartdisk?
