I am looking at an external harddrive that can hold about 80GB. I do not care about the speed of the HD. I just a reliable one for backing up my laptop.

I was looking at this one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822334005

and this one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136058

what do you think?

I would like to buy this from newegg so browse through their website if you dont think those two are good

they have a ton of em

[Edited on March 24, 2007 at 11:32 AM. Reason : i think im leaning toward the Western Digital simply because of the reviews and cost]

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[Edited on March 24, 2007 at 11:34 AM. Reason : .]

3/24/2007 11:19:15 AM

haha... Aluratek?

Go for the Western Digital.

3/24/2007 12:21:04 PM

I've got a 60GB Western Digital Passport. Zero problems.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136057

I bought mine at Best Buy since they seem to go on sale on a regular basis. After taxes it cost about the same as Newegg.

3/24/2007 12:23:25 PM

best buy's 60 gig version is 89.99

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7955206&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat107700050005&id=1152837300338

newegg's 80 gig version is 78 (85 with shipping)



[Edited on March 24, 2007 at 1:18 PM. Reason : i ordered the WD 80gig]

3/24/2007 1:07:06 PM

update: this HD is pretty sweet, i would definitely recommend it

4/2/2007 7:21:53 PM

for $100 could have made your own 250gb ext. hdd

4/4/2007 10:57:09 PM

^ sure you could...but it wouldn't have been tiny

that said, for $100 i made a 100gb one that can operate on batteries and allows me to copy over my memory cards without a computer

[Edited on April 5, 2007 at 12:08 PM. Reason : .]

4/5/2007 12:07:07 PM

doh didn't know size was involved

4/5/2007 3:31:33 PM

^^

just connect your camera to your ipod (instead of using a card reader to ext. encl.)
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=19333F19&nplm=M9861G%2FB

or buy an enclosure w/ built-in card reader for <$20
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817334009

[Edited on April 6, 2007 at 1:20 AM. Reason : ./]

4/6/2007 1:19:10 AM

yeah i spent $70 and am very satisfied with my purchase

i dont need 100gb

i just needed enough space to back up my current 80GB HD on my laptop

4/7/2007 5:25:21 PM