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> External Hard Drives, Do I really need Glyph?
Tim
post Fri 28 Jun 2002, 00:49
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I'm getting a Powerbook and will be running ProTools LE and Absynth...at least for now. Some guys at a music store I am working with are making me think that I need a Glyph drive for my external hard drive. Now, I do know that i want an external drive, because i don't want to tax the Powerbook drive with the audio I record and playback. But, the Glyph drives are so expensive. I just looked at a Mac Warehouse Catelog and saw 7200 RPM, 80gig firewire drives for a little over $200. Won't this suffice. The 80gig Glyph Companion drive is $500.

Anybody using drives from LaCie, Que, etc? Any problems or rumored problems?

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Tim.
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post Mon 23 Sep 2002, 14:35
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It's not true that every hard disk is exactly the same. A LaCie drive costing $200 will NOT give the same performance as a Glyph costing $500. Believe it or not, the extra money is actually going somewhere!

It's going into build quality, innovative construction techniques, optimisation for audio, 100% reliability in performance and perhaps the best after-sales service around - 24-hour replacement for defective drives, for instance. If your LaCie drive goes down, how long are you left without one?

No, I don't work for Glyph. I don't even own a Glyph drive. I just think it's misleading to suggest that all hard drives are the same just because the tech spec figures are kind of similar.
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- Tim   External Hard Drives   Fri 28 Jun 2002, 00:49
- - discostu131   First off, im no expert, and i dont really know wh...   Fri 28 Jun 2002, 18:41
- - lepetitmartien   Hum… Do you really want to put a foot on the ladd...   Sat 29 Jun 2002, 03:11
- - damann   oh yes, a hard drive is a hard drive, a marketing ...   Wed 3 Jul 2002, 02:54
- - Stuartpa   No doubt about it at all, you can put the exact sa...   Sun 22 Sep 2002, 22:37
- - Synthetic   Stuartpa has a good point. Glyph "tunes...   Mon 23 Sep 2002, 16:51
- - damann   QUOTE (Tim @ Jun 27 2002, 23:49)But, the Glyp...   Mon 23 Sep 2002, 17:10
- - Synthetic   hmm... never new firewire drives were actually ide...   Mon 23 Sep 2002, 19:48
- - damann   hi synthetic, please look into this (i'm sure...   Tue 24 Sep 2002, 01:34
- - rickenbacker   I don't get p*$$ed off with replies ...   Tue 24 Sep 2002, 16:18
- - Presto   Aha! I use an Mbox too. I didn't realise t...   Tue 24 Sep 2002, 19:26
- - damann   hi rickenbacker, just trying to be polite. i'v...   Wed 25 Sep 2002, 00:18
- - Presto   I've been thinking. I'm a bit slow but her...   Wed 25 Sep 2002, 10:01
- - beezkneez   i don't know whether the glyph is better but a...   Wed 25 Sep 2002, 11:42
- - rickenbacker   Hey Damann, Thanks for the tip. I've seen the...   Wed 25 Sep 2002, 15:39
- - damann   hi rickenbacker, the noise is, as with the glyph, ...   Thu 26 Sep 2002, 00:59
- - lepetitmartien   We had already a thread on this… If you really wa...   Thu 26 Sep 2002, 05:01
- - rickenbacker   Thanks, Damann - I'll wait for the new Firewir...   Thu 26 Sep 2002, 10:37
- - truthfind   Just a note to all about an experience that I have...   Thu 26 Sep 2002, 17:04
- - Synthetic   QUOTE Now, let's say you've got 10 Gb free...   Thu 26 Sep 2002, 19:52
- - damann   regarding that last quote. don't use your inte...   Fri 27 Sep 2002, 02:53
- - Presto   "...noticed that some recordings seemed to ha...   Fri 27 Sep 2002, 15:44
- - Synthetic   sometimes its hard to just look at some stats to d...   Fri 27 Sep 2002, 17:07
- - rickenbacker   Synthetic has got it exactly right - home recordis...   Sat 28 Sep 2002, 11:14
- - fromage   Pardon the warming-up of leftovers from the back o...   Mon 2 Dec 2002, 12:31
- - Presto   I've just got an 80Gb MacWay FW Icebox. It...   Mon 2 Dec 2002, 17:36
- - Levon River   If I've posted this before, it bears repeating...   Tue 3 Dec 2002, 01:22
- - Presto   Had a look - as far as I can see and read its the ...   Tue 3 Dec 2002, 12:15
- - Teiwaz   Hmmm...I know this is an old thread, but I must sa...   Wed 4 Dec 2002, 17:26


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