... You want the II because it gives you 1TB of mirrored raid, so if one disk fails, you don't lose all your data.
I have the I (which does not have raid), but that's because I'm using it as the Time Machine backup storage, not as a data drive. So if it dies, I get another one and don't really care that much.
Music (and videos) will play fine off any USB disk these days, assuming you have USB2.0, not USB1.0. Your computer most likely has USB2.0, so so long as you're not going through a USB hub, you'll be USB2.0... If you're plugging through a USB hub, check whether it's 1.0 or 2.0.
also looks rather interesting, but I think that's a lot more storage than you need. :-)
For others playing along at home, the Airport Extreme is very very good, if you want to provide network-attached-storage for your home network. Plug your USB/Firewire disks into that (via a USB2.0 hub), plug your network into it, or configure it to provide your 802.11n wireless network, and away you go. Yes, you can share to PCs as well as Macs. Oh, and it'll do network print share for USB printers too. :-) And it'll do wireless router/firewall things for your broadband connection.
*grin* Yeah, the vast majority of that was overkill. The drobo in particularly is way neat, but waaaay too much storage for what lirion needs. And the airport extreme is definitely totally unnecessary for a one-computer house - I'm just pushing it for anyone that might be reading that has a home network. :-)
However, I really *do* suggest the MyBook Studio Edition II rather than a normal USB external disk.
The plot with the Studio II (as opposed to a normal USB external disk or the Studio I) is that there are actually two real disks in it, which just look like one USB disk to anything using it. If one disk fails, you have no data loss, and can replace the dead disk with a new one, and the MyBook will quietly copy everything back to the new disk.
If you have some other backup method in place, then don't worry about it, just get a normal external disk, and many people have listed good ones here already. :-)
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=410
http://www.shopbot.com.au/p-46207.html
... You want the II because it gives you 1TB of mirrored raid, so if one disk fails, you don't lose all your data.
I have the I (which does not have raid), but that's because I'm using it as the Time Machine backup storage, not as a data drive. So if it dies, I get another one and don't really care that much.
Music (and videos) will play fine off any USB disk these days, assuming you have USB2.0, not USB1.0. Your computer most likely has USB2.0, so so long as you're not going through a USB hub, you'll be USB2.0... If you're plugging through a USB hub, check whether it's 1.0 or 2.0.
http://drobo.com/Products/Index.html
also looks rather interesting, but I think that's a lot more storage than you need. :-)
For others playing along at home, the Airport Extreme is very very good, if you want to provide network-attached-storage for your home network. Plug your USB/Firewire disks into that (via a USB2.0 hub), plug your network into it, or configure it to provide your 802.11n wireless network, and away you go. Yes, you can share to PCs as well as Macs. Oh, and it'll do network print share for USB printers too. :-) And it'll do wireless router/firewall things for your broadband connection.
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I may have to employ a translator :)
Thankyou though :) *snug*
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However, I really *do* suggest the MyBook Studio Edition II rather than a normal USB external disk.
For lirion's benefit:
The plot with the Studio II (as opposed to a normal USB external disk or the Studio I) is that there are actually two real disks in it, which just look like one USB disk to anything using it. If one disk fails, you have no data loss, and can replace the dead disk with a new one, and the MyBook will quietly copy everything back to the new disk.
If you have some other backup method in place, then don't worry about it, just get a normal external disk, and many people have listed good ones here already. :-)
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