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FluoSamsara (Oxygen)
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Posted : Aug 12, 2005 14:05
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katam
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Posted : Aug 12, 2005 14:16
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looks good..sounds good, the only thing i would check is if you can get it for a lower price..
i have a portable 160gb hd and its the most handy thing in my studio...
id recommend anyone to get one. |
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Hayez
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Posted : Aug 12, 2005 21:41
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of course it looks good, it's a Porsche 
ppl told me to look for any external drive with the oxford chipset, which they claim to be the best.
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Fingax
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Posted : Aug 12, 2005 23:19
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i think the best is to look 4 one that is firewire instead usb. i would prefer because the transfer rate issiu
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tHuJoN
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Posted : Aug 13, 2005 00:00
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Meta
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Posted : Aug 13, 2005 02:49
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We use the Maxtor 1-touch at my work, and I literally have a pile of dead ones stacked up on my desk. It's nice that they have both USB and Firewire on the same drive, but they are very fragile and often suddenly die within one year.
I've had every make of hard drive die on me sooner or later, but generally Western Digitals and the Maxtor 1-touch have been the most problem-prone for me.
Hitachi's have an excellent reputation.
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Yuli
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Posted : Aug 13, 2005 02:53
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I have Maxtor ( don't remember the model ) with firewire connection, I played a lot of live gigs thru this HD and it fell few times  and it still is working very fine ( touch wood ). Moreover since the internal HD of laptops are relatively slow ( 5400rpm most of the time ) I found that it is really neat to use external HD for lives much more stable and the laptop doesnt get overheated if its an indoor session.
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High Pulse
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Posted : Aug 13, 2005 06:26
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orange
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Posted : Aug 13, 2005 14:33
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tomcat
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Posted : Aug 15, 2005 17:36
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The Lacies are generally good quality. And if youre mac user they are for you (eg firmware updaters are available for mac too). I also would recommend to buy the firewire or usb/firewire combo version.
The Lacie drives use afaik the oxford chipset. |
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Dharma Lab
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Posted : Aug 15, 2005 20:49
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Fliipper
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Posted : Aug 16, 2005 11:08
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Another good idea is just to get an external case that has a firewire connection, that way you can put any harddrive in it, and replace it if you need a new one, or if something bad happens...
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z1P^
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Posted : Aug 16, 2005 12:15
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On 2005-08-16 11:08, Fliipper wrote:
Another good idea is just to get an external case that has a firewire connection, that way you can put any harddrive in it, and replace it if you need a new one, or if something bad happens...
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true, most products are like this
you can open them and change the ide/sata drive and keep using the same external case.
advice: try to get any case with active fan cooling so you dont bother about hdd temperatures...
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Kelmi
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Posted : Aug 18, 2005 06:46
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I got a lacie firewire myself and i´m really happy with it! |
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traveller
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Posted : Aug 18, 2005 16:41
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USB2 is just as fast as firewire 800
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