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TECHARU! Tech/geek talk
So, I'm down to like 400 mb on one hard drive and 200 mb on the other. I need an external hard drive, and fast. Suggestions/avoisions?
MRac MC- Taft! You Old Dog.
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I'd totally just buy a new external one, probably cheaper, I assume.
As far as I'm aware Seagate and Western Digital used to be the bigs guns when it came to Drives. But that may have changed, or maybe never was so. I think you can't go wrong with either of them. Personally I'm a Seagate fan...yep.
As far as I'm aware Seagate and Western Digital used to be the bigs guns when it came to Drives. But that may have changed, or maybe never was so. I think you can't go wrong with either of them. Personally I'm a Seagate fan...yep.
Andrew.C- Larry David In Training
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yeah but he is going to have to lug the extra one around. Internal for a laptop.
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I don't think I can upgrade, because there's very limited slots in the laptop. Hopefully it's not too much of a hassle to carry; I want one that's nice and durable so that I can just stick it in with my other laptop stuff.
Seagate is probably what I was going to look at, unless Simmo or someone tells me otherwise.
Seagate is probably what I was going to look at, unless Simmo or someone tells me otherwise.
MRac MC- Taft! You Old Dog.
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I just found out that you can get 'portable' external drives and 'desktop' external drives. So the portable ones are, presumably, not too difficult to carry, and for that purpose. The largest seems to be around 250 GB.
Hmm, i was just looking at some of the specifications of one and said its weight was 184kg... I think that's a typo.
http://www.mwave.com.au/newAU/mwaveAU/category.asp?CartID=mAU%40DZS6ZT3BXXPP8EM6K5MY6YWS53J7FJH7JKYZ6N9T5RV9F7&catID=2210&minPrice=&maxPrice=&txtKeywords=&33756=All&33530=All&33435=All&33529=All&sortBy=price_asc&SEARCH=SEARCH&Input.x=47&Input.y=9
This is obviously only one place, but I got some of my stuff from them. They seem pretty on the ball.
UPDATE:
Yeah it appears there's ones bigger than 250... but anyways the Western Digital ones look hella SeXay. As do the Seagate ones.
Hmm, i was just looking at some of the specifications of one and said its weight was 184kg... I think that's a typo.
http://www.mwave.com.au/newAU/mwaveAU/category.asp?CartID=mAU%40DZS6ZT3BXXPP8EM6K5MY6YWS53J7FJH7JKYZ6N9T5RV9F7&catID=2210&minPrice=&maxPrice=&txtKeywords=&33756=All&33530=All&33435=All&33529=All&sortBy=price_asc&SEARCH=SEARCH&Input.x=47&Input.y=9
This is obviously only one place, but I got some of my stuff from them. They seem pretty on the ball.
UPDATE:
Yeah it appears there's ones bigger than 250... but anyways the Western Digital ones look hella SeXay. As do the Seagate ones.
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Yeah I was just looking through those. Seagate don't seem to support Firewire though, just USB.
Simmooooo! Is Firewire necessary for a harddrive that I'm just going to put music on?
If not, I'm just gonna get this bad boy:
Seagate FreeAgent 120 gig
edit: Well, it says: USB 2.0 (480Mbps), which is slightly faster than 1394a Firewire, which is what I have, I think.
Simmooooo! Is Firewire necessary for a harddrive that I'm just going to put music on?
If not, I'm just gonna get this bad boy:
Seagate FreeAgent 120 gig
edit: Well, it says: USB 2.0 (480Mbps), which is slightly faster than 1394a Firewire, which is what I have, I think.
MRac MC- Taft! You Old Dog.
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What would you want Firewire for exclusively over USB? You got no USB ports spare? Does your laptop have a firewire port? I don't know anything about the specific differences but I though they were just alternative methods of data transfer? With maybe firewire potentially being faster?
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Yeah, it turns out it's not such a big deal. I do have a firewire port, but I have 4 USB ports. I'm just gonna get that seagate one I posted.
And if these guys steal my credit card, it's your fault.
And if these guys steal my credit card, it's your fault.
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Marc wrote:Yeah, it turns out it's not such a big deal. I do have a firewire port, but I have 4 USB ports. I'm just gonna get that seagate one I posted.
And if these guys steal my credit card, it's your fault.
Hmm, I didn't use credit card.
Also, have you done it yet? Cause this other place has same one, maybe bigger for roughly same price?
http://www.mtechcomputers.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=0_48&products_id=2444
Andrew.C- Larry David In Training
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Already did it.
Hey, it doesn't matter if YOU didn't...you recommended me to these guys, so if they rip me off, it's your fault...(this feels like a deleted Seinfeld episode).
Hey, it doesn't matter if YOU didn't...you recommended me to these guys, so if they rip me off, it's your fault...(this feels like a deleted Seinfeld episode).
MRac MC- Taft! You Old Dog.
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You already did it? Jesus. You are like... the impulse king. Did you buy another dog while you were at it? Is your heart beating at a million miles a minute?
Yeah, deleted, I wonder why? Nah, just kidding, we should totally write some sit-com; I could do with lots of money.
ADD on: Also, it seems that $90 is pretty much the cheapest you'll find it, at least it is according to one of those internet shop search dealies. So... nice.
Yeah, deleted, I wonder why? Nah, just kidding, we should totally write some sit-com; I could do with lots of money.
ADD on: Also, it seems that $90 is pretty much the cheapest you'll find it, at least it is according to one of those internet shop search dealies. So... nice.
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I'm enjoying my life too much to care!
I've been wanting to get one for a while, and Windows gave me the ole "You're running out of space" today, so I was all, "Not even." And here we are.
I've been wanting to get one for a while, and Windows gave me the ole "You're running out of space" today, so I was all, "Not even." And here we are.
MRac MC- Taft! You Old Dog.
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Yeah, I hate when windows gives that message. But then I went and deleted the 20+ gigs of useless crap I had on my Harddisk. Different methods for different people really. Nah, that's cool, you got your music and stuff.
Andrew.C- Larry David In Training
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Also, maybe you should make a separate sub forum for TEch/G33k talk, since this one was only about... you, and your hard drive. And maybe the SC2/D3 should be in there... and — your organising is all screwed up, see? Who the hell is... Margaret Simpson?
Andrew.C- Larry David In Training
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Dun u see. Evidence for UFOs is now the g33k subforum! Videogames! Tech talk! If anyone has anymore geek talk they can just add it to my thread or start a new one in here!
MRac MC- Taft! You Old Dog.
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I will geek this thread up asap
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Ditto.
Also, Marc, for the love of merciful God, why didn't you feel the need to consult with me directly on this? I guarantee I would have gotten you better for cheaper.
Also, Seagate will henceforth be referred to as Shitgate. Why, Marc, why?
Also, Marc, for the love of merciful God, why didn't you feel the need to consult with me directly on this? I guarantee I would have gotten you better for cheaper.
Also, Seagate will henceforth be referred to as Shitgate. Why, Marc, why?
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Well, well, if it isn't Simmo-come-lately.
MRac MC- Taft! You Old Dog.
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Better than Marc-come-too-soon.
Oh, that's what I call and old school burn! IN YOUR FACE BLUE DUDE! IN YOUR FACE!
Oh, that's what I call and old school burn! IN YOUR FACE BLUE DUDE! IN YOUR FACE!
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Ha ha h...release the hounds.
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