[Eug-lug] hardware query...

[dooger watts]

Ben Barrett wrote:
> I get 698.46 GB via FAT32, on the 750 model, and have great luck with
> it.  Have heard of no problems to date with them, although most I know
> of are not always-on drives.  Sometimes on for days though.
> I've found newegg's product reviews very helpful (even for reference,
> when purchasing elsewhere), as their user-base has more collective
> experience to compare with competetive models and across product
> lines.

What kool advice, to go to newegg for reviews.  Got a discount offer 
from buy.com--but I do love/prefer newegg.

There were a stack of reviews at buy.com--one interesting one from a mac 
user who said one MyBook works fine, but don't try to piggyback two of 
them on the same (mac) system or it won't recognize either one of them.

If I ever on gawd's green earth fall for (sorry, buy) a mac, I'll 
remember that.

Thanx Ben,
m
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> ben
> 
> 
> On Dec 7, 2007 1:56 PM, dooger watts <mikemcoo at efn.org> wrote:
>> Kool.  Just what I wanted to hear.
>>

>> RK R wrote:
>>> I've used them a bit and they seem to work fairly well.  I've been using
>>> a 500GB model for an external backup drive at a client's for about 4
>>> months now without any issues.
>>>
>>> ~Rachel
>>>
>>> On Dec 7, 2007 12:59 PM, dooger watts <mikemcoo at efn.org
>>> <mailto:mikemcoo at efn.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Just wondering if any of you rotorheads have any experience with the WD
>>>     MyBook external hard drive.
>>>
>>>     They seem to get cheaper every day and I've been thinking how great it
>>>     would be to have a nice 250gig or so external HD to back up to.
>>>
>>>     My experience with external drive enclosures has been that if they don't
>>>     have cooling fans, they overheat.  But most of the new external
>>>     enclosures don't seem to have cooling fans anymore.
>>>
>>>     Any thoughts/advice, o ye maestros?
>>>
>>>     Thanx a meg,
>>>     m