 Firewire Hd: 400 Or 800?!?, External hard drive |
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 Sun 5 Dec 2004, 17:40
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Hi guys!
I need to buy an external hard drive to use with Protools and my powerbook 17" 1.5 GHz.
I would like to know what do you think about the differences between a LaCie Big Disk Extreme 320GB with a Firewire 800 - Oxford 912-8Mb and a
Maxtor OneTouch™ II - 300GB with a Firewire 400 - Oxford 911-16 Mb.
Everytime a read a review it's always about people that use the hd for pro video/photo, I would like to know something about the ProAudio needs.
Thanks!
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Sun 5 Dec 2004, 18:36
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For both audio and video, you'll want the fastest data transfer speed. Firewire 400 is the equivalent of USB 2.0, which will get the job done, but is much slower in comparison to Firewire 800. And if you're still undecided, why not get a LaCie d2 Hard Drive Extreme with Triple Interface. http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10025Firewire 800 / 7200 rpm / 8 0r 16MB Buffer is the way to go. As to Lacie vs. Maxtor, ..That's really a personal choice. Western Digital has some pretty nice external drives, as well. In fact, I'm thinking of getting...... http://microcenter.com/single_product_resu...duct_id=0169867Good luck to ya
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 kd_rome Firewire Hd: 400 Or 800?!? Sun 5 Dec 2004, 17:40 kd_rome Thanks for the answer!
So you suggest the trip... Sun 5 Dec 2004, 19:09 Nels If you feel you'd need to have the 3 options(U... Sun 5 Dec 2004, 22:16 lepetitmartien Uh… USB2 is just on paper a little better than FW4... Sun 5 Dec 2004, 22:16 kd_rome I liked your answer, pretty clear and it's wha... Sun 5 Dec 2004, 22:27 Nels Yes, it can all be so confusing.
One definite thi... Mon 6 Dec 2004, 17:31 kd_rome Yeah Nels, I posted the same question on the Digid... Mon 6 Dec 2004, 17:36 ourmanflinty don't forget that you won't get any more t... Mon 6 Dec 2004, 18:33 CanadaRAM QUOTE (kd_rome @ Dec 6 2004, 16:36)I was ceck... Wed 8 Dec 2004, 07:07 Nels Trevor,
Just had to commend you on your concise e... Wed 8 Dec 2004, 08:20 ourmanflinty well, do the maths. real world sustained 32meg / s... Thu 9 Dec 2004, 15:48 ourmanflinty umm, one big file as in the barefeats tests shown ... Thu 9 Dec 2004, 21:45 Vincent Online Hmmm I appreciate this thred... I've having so... Thu 9 Dec 2004, 22:39 ourmanflinty You need to find out where the problem is, try goi... Fri 10 Dec 2004, 00:06 Vincent Online QUOTE (ourmanflinty @ Dec 9 2004, 23:06)You n... Fri 10 Dec 2004, 02:34 ourmanflinty bogs down pretty quick, any details? how many trac... Fri 10 Dec 2004, 14:28
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