Postby Boxered » Wed Jul 10, 2013 11:45 am
Very difficult to recommend one over another as internally the Hdd will be either a Seagate, Hitachi or a WD in all likelihood. I personally like My Hitachi Touro 1TB.The biggest problem people have with ext HDDs is the fact that they are portable and so tend to get knocked about much more so than in a PC, HDDs don't like being moved whilst they're spinning. So any of the bigger brands should be ok as long as you handle it like it is TNT.
The other thing to consider is what type of connection you have, do you have USB 3 on your mac? or usb 2 or Firewire (1394) or E-sata?
the latter being the fastest transfer speed ( depending on how many USB devices are connected) Heat build up is also an issue, Only connect it when you want to use it, I never leave it running all day.
HTH
Steve
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