Are All External Hard Drives Created Equal?
I have two WD external hard drives...dinosaur's by today's standards...they're large...like a big book...I notice that many of the newer ones are not much larger than a pack of cigarettes and run stri...
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Mike,
I have been using two Western Digital 3TB MY BOOK STUDIO EXTERNAL HD's (firewire 800/usb 2.0) for a little over a year. They do require external power. They aren't "dinky", but are not huge either. I am a Mac user, so I use the Firewire connection. I take one of the drives with us when we are on the road and it has worked out great so far.
I shoot RAW and my final archived images are either 8 or 16-bit TIFF, which, at 36 megapixels, gives me between a 100-200 mb file per photo. Plus, I archive my RAW masters, which are 50 mb's each.
You don't specify whether you are a PC or Mac user - the WD drives are now available with USB 3.0. I also do not know if you have a specific storage need in mind. I have been happy with the WD's and, so far, they have performed flawlessly.
I have been using two Western Digital 3TB MY BOOK STUDIO EXTERNAL HD's (firewire 800/usb 2.0) for a little over a year. They do require external power. They aren't "dinky", but are not huge either. I am a Mac user, so I use the Firewire connection. I take one of the drives with us when we are on the road and it has worked out great so far.
I shoot RAW and my final archived images are either 8 or 16-bit TIFF, which, at 36 megapixels, gives me between a 100-200 mb file per photo. Plus, I archive my RAW masters, which are 50 mb's each.
You don't specify whether you are a PC or Mac user - the WD drives are now available with USB 3.0. I also do not know if you have a specific storage need in mind. I have been happy with the WD's and, so far, they have performed flawlessly.
