beast external drive

Posted by chambers (115 days ago)

I have a load of pics .. around 30 GB .. i would like to buy an external drive just for Pictures . .


I would want to buy the top quality brand hard drive ..

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by axptguy38 (115 days ago)

If you want a small one La Cie is not bad.

Whatever the enclosures say, there are only like 4-5 actual manufacturers of drives. The only only I have consistently heard dodgy stuff about is Maxtor.

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by Blackvirusss (114 days ago)

Never buy Samsung!!! :)

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by axptguy38 (114 days ago)

Several friends and I have used Samsung drives with no problems. But of course individual experience may vary.

To be fair, I wouldn't worry much about differences. Most drives nowadays are very reliable. And of course even the most nominally reliable drive can crash tomorrow.

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by Ken A (114 days ago)

I have a 40GB Samsung one that's been great - once I ran a virus checker on it. It came with a virus on it, which was easily picked up by AVG as soon as I connected it via the USB.

I would recommend that whatever one you buy to run a virus scanner on it first

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by Blackvirusss (113 days ago)

I and my many friends buy samsung we working with Graphic Design Program like Photoshop, CorelDraw and 3DS Max.
Many times samsung cannot hold system becoz of this programs
just for data maybe it's ok but when u useing it hardly it's not enough powerful
So better Seagate Barracuda :)
Good Luck!

(I am based in Hong Kong)