External HDD Advice

Fangeek · #1 01-02-2005, 01:04 AM

I want an external Hard Drive and I can't decide between the Lacie D2 Triple Interface, or the Maxtor Onetouch II. The LaCie has Firewire 800, but the Maxtor seems to have more features.

LaCie D2
Maxtor Onetouch II

I'm running Win 2kPro, 512 DDR, 80 Gig HDD, firewire 400/800 and USB 2.0. I plan on storing a backup of my main drive and a bunch of video/massive image files on it. I might find occasion to want to switch between PC and Mac computers at school, can I do that without reformatting the drive?

I would appreciate any advice, or if anyone's used them before.

RPRacing · #2 01-05-2005, 05:29 AM

Its really just a personal preference.

3 way plug in. I just have usb 2.0 on my pc. No firewire ports. No need for them myself.

The one touch one, not sure about. Never used one.

WoundedVeins · #3 01-13-2005, 12:45 AM

Go for the Maxtor Onetouch external Hard Drive.

I have 2 x Maxtor 250GB OneTouch External Hard-Drives and they rock