 External Hard Drives, Do I really need Glyph? |
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 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?
Thanks,
Tim.
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Tue 3 Dec 2002, 01:22
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If I've posted this before, it bears repeating.  My experience with the OWC Mercury Elite series has been excellent, and I recommend that anyone shopping for an external firewire drive at least take a look at these in yer comparison shopping: http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Page.cfm...e=FW&Template=1The Elite cases are pretty handsome, too, housed in clear plastic, ala G4s, with a smart blue power light that can double as a nightlight. The pictures on the page don't do it justice. It's also quiet. OWC sells the parts for rolling your own external firewire drive if you prefer to go that route, but with the Elites, they've done the work. Worth a look.
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Posts in this topic
 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 rickenbacker It's not true that every hard disk is exactly ... Mon 23 Sep 2002, 14:35 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 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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