External Hard Drives Suggestions

Any suggestions for good External Hard Drives to be used as backup?

Well... why don't you care about throughput, performace etc... that's very odd.
I'd rather have a back-up drive that was capable of doing the job... and with the price of harddrives these days it shouldn't be too much of an issue.
If you want to go out and buy a sub-standard, slower drive for back-up, then have to invest money AGAIN to replace a media drive thats gone down...
Why not have a fast reliable drive that can be used straight away... if you're in the middle of a job, you may as well be prepared... surely...?
Like i said... H drives are cheap cheap cheap these days... may as well get a good one...
I certainly don't buy this...'i don't care about throughput, performance, speed...'
You should.
Go and buy another LaCie.
J

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