Thread: 1 terabyte, $99!!

Originally Posted by gugi

may be something like Hitachi HLSDBUB5001BBB LifeStudio Desk 500GB External Hard Drive - 500GB, USB 2.0 at TigerDirect.com

I had nightmares with those Deskstar drives in IBM laptops, so I'll never buy another IBM or Hitachi drive (IBM had a lawsuit, but we had some Hitachis fail as well). Of course, everyone probably says that about the brand of drive once they experience a failure.

A similarly-priced solution would be a Seagate external. Bonus that it's powered over USB, so no extra AC adapter needed:
Newegg.com - Seagate 250GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive ST902504EXA101-RK

Originally Posted by paco

Not saying i'm old, but i remember leger books and pencils

Me too. Also clay and wax tablets.
I can tell you that a big stack of clay or granite tablets
qualified as serious heavy reading.

Yeah, over the last years we've used multiples of every single brand and unless you shell out for the enterprise level, the reliability of the consumer ones are just the same no matter the brand. I've had both form factors 3.5" and 2.5" and each manufacturer WD, Hitachi/IBM, Seagate/Maxtor, Fujitsu, Toshiba fail. The only one that hasn't failed so far has been Samsung, but that's probably just luck because I've only had 2 of them so far.

The difference of that seagate on newegg is that it's the 2.5" portable, so at the same price point it's half the capacity of the 3.5" desktop hitachi.

Also power over USB needs a high-powered USB port on the computer, and it's not something take for granted as most of my USB ports cannot power those and I have to use additional power anyways.

My personal backup solution currently is a 2TB WD in an enclosure that I've had for 4-5 years. I've just swapped the harddrives in it. I think I started with 300GB, then 500GB, and now its 2TB which I bought last year for about $80 iirc.

Originally Posted by gugi

Also power over USB needs a high-powered USB port on the computer, and it's not something take for granted as most of my USB ports cannot power those and I have to use additional power anyways.

Standard USB. Doesn't need a Y-cable or the USB + power port. We use the 1TB Seagates in the office for quick transfers. Worked for me on old computers with USB 1.1, new computers, and USB hubs through our monitors. Haven't had any issues with it not working yet, and the drives don't have ports for any other power source. Really quite handy.