Oct 16, 03
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Mac Help!!!
Who has a mac? I need some help. My Mac skills do not even compare to my PC skills. :soak: I bought an external usb2.0/firewire enclosure for my WD 80GB 7200rpm 8mb buffer harddrive. It runs fine on my PC under USb 2.0. However, when I get to school during trasnfer of large files it would freeze. Sometimes when I run a program it will freeze. Any ideas why?
`t1m 
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Oct 16, 03
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^Alot of external drives (cdr/w, dvdr/w, and ext. hd) are finicky with Macs...The only company that seems to work consistantly is LaCie (keep in mind I work in a computer store doing Cust. Serv., so I see the sales and the returns and the whys for returns).
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Oct 16, 03
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what's the model?
apple doesn't do USB2 (except on the new g5s), unless you buy a seperate pci card for it. the drive connections are reverting back to USB2's backwards-compatibility to USB1, which can be flaky at best. LaCie does firewire drives (some with usb2 connections, but all with firewire), so it wouldn't have usb2 problems.
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Oct 16, 03
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MissBehaviour,
Lacie drives are mad expensive. Almost $400. Where do u work by the way? rawb, its a usb and firewire exclosure. I'm gonna try 2 return the exclosure and hdr and get one that is pre-built. That could be the problem. :soak:
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Oct 16, 03
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Oct 16, 03
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I work at CompuSmart, Seymore and Georgia.
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Oct 16, 03
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Compusmart rocks I must say. Never had any problems when I've gotten items from there. Staples currently has a deal on a Acomdata 80G external Usb2.0/Firewire drive. It's going for $299 - $50 rebate. You can also use a $50 off of $300 coupon to drop the price even more. Works out to be $199 + tax. I'm gonna pick one up if I can return the drive I have now. *Crosses Fingers*
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I asked a couple of guys I work with which drives would work well with a mac...And apparently Acomdata isn't one of them (in fact one guy said it probably WON'T work)...Iomega works, "but not well", Yamaha "if they have one", or LaCie.
There's a LaCie ext hd coming in that was designed by Porsche (Oooh...Ahhhh! :319:). The USB2 40gb is $199.99 straight up, and the firewire 80gb is $269.99.
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Oct 17, 03
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^^ does the one designed by porsche look like a car?
cause otherwise, who cares if its designed by porsche heh
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Oct 17, 03
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^Hence the "Ooooh...Ahhh :319:"
Can't you read? :D
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