External Hard Drives

[nacho]

Hell, that's the computer world.  People say Dell is shit, but all of my Dell's have run for 5-10 years.  There's no winning.  But, from my research, Iomega and Seagate seem to stand above Western Digital.

[Matt]

I can definitively say that Compaq is shit and Lenovo (formerly IBM) Thinkpads are solid. But beyond that, meh.

[Tatertots]

Iomega doesn't make hard drives. They make hard drive cases.

Basically, any hard drive other than Maxtor is good enough.

[nacho]

So what's inside my Iomega?  China Special Assembly 7.2?

[monkey!]

Yeah, and what about my Iomega usb portable hard-drive? Pixies and fairy dust?

[Matt]

Do those pixies and fairy dust take care of your data real good? 'cause i tihnk that's all cass wants, even if it means he has to clap his hands every time he wants to watch a movie

[monkey!]

They're little cunts.

[Tatertots]

So what's inside my Iomega?  China Special Assembly 7.2?

Probably Seagate or Western Digital. Hard drives are like monitors. Tons of brands sell them, but only a few companies make them. The LCDs in your Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc. monitors are all made by the same company.

[Cassander]

i just don't want to spend $100 on something that's going to burn out in a year or two.

[Nubbins]

Hey, I've got 3 external HDs, two of which are at least 3 years old.  I'm sure they'll crap out eventually, but unless you're hauling the thing around every day, it should be fine.

I can't wait for everything to be solid state.