Help decide which 2.5" portable HD to use with TM on MBP

I am trying to decide which HD(s) to purchase for use w/laptop when I upgrade to Leopard. When I go away for 2-4 weeks at a time I need a small 3x5" size. I don't want to be without the incremental backups for that long and just reconnect to a big drive when I get home. My problem is that the largest capacity firewire mini-drive is now the 320 GB triple interface Mercury-on-the-Go by OWC. I want this to be my only drive (i.e., not have a big desktop kind at home, too). My current usage is only 52 GB of my 111(120) GB internal drive. I would like to have: (1) a bootable clone of my old Tiger, just in case Leopard upgrade goes awry, (2) bootable clone of Leopard after the install (will use CCC for these), and then (3) Time Machine. Should I get TWO small hard drives instead of one? Reason being that I can use one dedicated just to TM, and the other to safeguard the two clones and any extra large stuff I want to outboard and not include in TM (photos, music, maybe movies). Just one 320 GB drive doesn't seem like enough to partition 4 ways--Trouble is, this gets expensive. OWC's 320 GB drive is $295 (for TM) and their 160 GB (for the other stuff) is $175. Does anyone know if a larger capacity 2.5" drive exists that could be put in a case? (500 GB would be great). If not, and I try to cut costs a bit, would a 200 or 250 GB drive for TM be enough? OR, any other recommendations on brands/sizes? I want quality, firewire 400+USB, and SMALL size. G-drives are even more expensive; WD's 320 passports are cheaper, but aren't firewire...alas. Can someone help me decide what to do? Thanks!

hi, zenday.
I'm a frequent traveller for work, and having a lot of data with me is key.
I develop software for the nokia stores worldwide, and the projects are quite big.
I only trust Lacie Drives as I've been using them for almost 7 years now.
never had a problem.
I just bought a Lacie mobile drive 250GB, my MBP has a 160GB drive.
I also use a Little Big Disk of 160GB for work projects, which I backup (entirely) every time I leave on another Lacie 2TB drive, which stays on in my office and can be accessed via VPN.
now this is my traveling configuration:
MBP 160GB
Lacie Mobile Disk 250 (time machine)
Lacie Little Big Disk 160 (work)
I also keep a whole system drive clone to another Lacie 160GB in case my internal drive dies on the way.
I know it might seem too drastic, but I never had a drive failure and I never want one.
I see all my friends losing data and work, and I can't afford that.
hope this helps.
ciao.ubi

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