[_] MacBook Heat Sync
Tim Beadle
tim.beadle at gmail.com
Thu Oct 5 15:10:13 BST 2006
On 05/10/06, juan kennaugh <contact at jkennaugh.co.uk> wrote:
> Yeah - need a backup HD - what 100Gb or thereabouts HD would you
> recommend to get then, please?
The Formac ones in this month's Mac Format competition look nice.
http://formac.netistic.net/products_drives_disk_mini.php
> P.S. if I used the redundant HD as a backup - wouldn't I need more than
> just a USB enclosure? wouldn't I need drviers or something? please
> excuse my ignorance.
Nope - just plug and play. You'll get better performance via Firewire
if you can get a suitable enclosure or drive, despite the apparently
similar throughput of USB and Firewire 400 (480 Mbps vs 400 Mbps). FW
800 is better still, obv.
Tim
> Yeah - need a backup HD - what 100Gb or thereabouts HD would you
> recommend to get then, please?
The Formac ones in this month's Mac Format competition look nice.
http://formac.netistic.net/products_drives_disk_mini.php
> P.S. if I used the redundant HD as a backup - wouldn't I need more than
> just a USB enclosure? wouldn't I need drviers or something? please
> excuse my ignorance.
Nope - just plug and play. You'll get better performance via Firewire
if you can get a suitable enclosure or drive, despite the apparently
similar throughput of USB and Firewire 400 (480 Mbps vs 400 Mbps). FW
800 is better still, obv.
Tim