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I need a portable external HD for my laptop. I'm out of space. I picked up a WD My Passport Essential SE 1 TB at Costco this afternoon, but now I'm second-guessing the purchase. The Seagate Free Agent Go 1TB was also available, for the exact same price. ($109.99, if anyone wants to know.)
I chose the WD because it was significantly lighter, but after reading some reviews, I'm concerned about performance. Does anyone have experience with either (or both)? Should I go back to Costco tomorrow and get the Seagate instead?
My Brother needs an external drive for his computer - I think Terrabyte cause he is housebound with medical problems and needs to store photos, videos, sound files and so on. Don't think he needs networking. Any recs? XP computer, 300 Gig hard disk, 2 gig Ram. Don't know processor, but that should give an indication of quality. About 3 years old.
I have had at least three of the WD external drives act up or go bad on me in the past 18 months. I only use them as scratch drives or when there is another layer of data redundancy involved. I have had better luck with Seagates but they are harder to get with the FW800 ports I use.
I'll be using a USB port, so that doesn't seem to be an issue. Sounds like I'm going back and getting the Seagate tomorrow. Thanks, Drew.
No kidding, ND. I've been holding out for dual USB/FW Seagate drives and they're not that easy to find anymore.
The Computer History Museum will be taking donations again in December.
Here's their wish list:
Wish List
Amstrad PenPad PDA 600
Cartridges for Nixdorf Computer LK-3000
Casio FX-780P
DataHand Professional II
Ergodex DX1 Keyboard with user-relocatable keys
Gophercon material
IBM 3270 Terminal with display and keyboard units
Kyocera Refalo
Lomak (Light Operated Mouse and Keyboard), Opdo Limited, New Zealand
Mentor Engineering Stryder mobile data computer
Minitel or videotex related advertising and marketing materials, i.e, magazine ads, video, shirts, etc.
Minitel or videotex related software, accessories, and hardware (EXCLUDING Minitel terminals)
Motorola Delivery Information Acquisition Device (DIAD) I used by UPS
MyTobii P10 non-target eye tracking system
Nokia Model 7110 WAP-enabled phone
ORBIT X-Y™ Ball Tracker
Prestel TV adapter box and telephone line
Texas Instruments Compact Computer 40 (CC-40), circa 1983
Thomson TO7 micro computer
Toshiba LC-836MN MEMO NOTE 30
TRS-80 PC-5 (this model only)
WebVan sign or banner
Xerox PARC ashtray or other ephemera from 1970s
ETA: I may have to visit my Mom's garage....
Another dumb graphic design type question-
If I am having a multipage booklet printed, do I do the print layout spreads or does my the guy doing the printing? It is my first time doing something that is not a trifold.
I'd ask the printer how he prefers it. Normally for something like 4 or 8 pages, I do spreads, but page by page for long things. He may charge to set it up in spreads or not. Each printer is an individual, fundamentally evil, entity.
Thank you Ginger. I just have to say I found that question impossible to google!
I'm looking into Blu Ray again. I want a player that plays all regions of DVDs, since a large part of my collection is international. I've found a list here, but what I can't tell is if any of those players actually don't suck.
What's the basic bottom line for a decent, forward looking Blu Ray player in terms of stats? And what's a reasonable cost? My TV is only 720p, so that's not a big deal.
