I'm planning on making my MacbookPro my main machine at home since the bulk of my writing is done on my iMac at school. I plan to get an external hard drive to use with Time Machine and I got to thinking about the possibility of partitioning the drive to put my VDL samples on it as well. Does anyone have any suggestions on a good hard drive for this? I'm on a budget (which i know when you're talking suggestions on quality can pretty much end the conversation) but I'm looking for a good 7200rpm drive around the 200gig range that's compatible with Time Machine.
in addition, if having the samples on a separate, external drive is a bad idea, I'd like to hear suggestions on that too. :)
Being the impulse buyer that I am with this stuff I went ahead and picked up a Seagate Freeagent 500gb 7200rpm at newegg.com last night for $89. :)
Also ordered a ram upgrade for the Macbook Pro. Merry Christmas to me. :)
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almost 15 years ago
I wouldn't store samples or anything where speed is important on an external drive unless you connect it eSATA. USB and Firewire are going to be slower than your internal drive.
If you only connect a 3.5"; 7,200 rpm drive with only USB or Firewire, you are going to choke its speed significantly.
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almost 15 years ago
Thanks for the tips Jesse. Hadn't thought about that. Looks like I'll just keep the samples where they are. It's what I'm used to, so ignorance is bliss I guess. :)
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in addition, if having the samples on a separate, external drive is a bad idea, I'd like to hear suggestions on that too. :)