External Hard Drive requirements for recording??

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I want to buy an external firewire/usb drive. I use the mac and am
planning on doing some location recording with a powerbook g4. Anything
I need to watch out for? Recommendations?
thanks
Steve

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In article <1117026562.525855.155800@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> s.echols2@verizon.net writes:

> I want to buy an external firewire/usb drive. I use the mac and am
> planning on doing some location recording with a powerbook g4. Anything
> I need to watch out for?

A compatible chipset in the Firewire adapter. But you won't know it
isn't until you try it.

Advice? Buy something that you can return for a refund or exchange.


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In article <1117026562.525855.155800@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
Echols <s.echols2@verizon.net> wrote:

> I want to buy an external firewire/usb drive. I use the mac and am
> planning on doing some location recording with a powerbook g4. Anything
> I need to watch out for? Recommendations?
> thanks
> Steve
>

If your planning to record lots of audio tracks, you might consider the
fastest possible HD, such as an SATA 10,000 rpm drive (like a Raptor)
in an external firewire 800 enclosure. That'll limit you to about 70GB.
and cost you around $500

If your tracking is more conservative, then a good 7,200 rpm drive
would be fine, such as a LaCie or Maxtor. You then can get a less
expensive drive with hundreds of GB. for $150 and up

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Thanks all
Steve