Need a new firewire or USB for backup??

I just found out that my firewire cannot be partitioned to store bootable clones for both my new Intel MacBook and my old iMac Flat Panel. So I guess I will need to buy something new for my MacBook. Any suggestions on a good and cost effective purchase? I have been happy with my LaCie d2, but it is getting long in the tooth and there is probably a better alternative. TIA.
P.S. I am not a techie and will not consider building anything myself. I need out-of-the-box!
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.9) iMac Flat Panel (10.3.9)

Funny you should mention firmware for LaCie. I have not had issues with my 120GB d2, though I use it only for clones, so it certainly has not had hard use. When I installed the recent firmware update I noticed that it seemed to apply itself to one partition, even though all volumes were mounted. I followed the instructions exactly, so hopefully I won't be having problems.
Also funny that you should post that particular link. I have been trying to search on these boards and OWC seems to be highly regarded. My MacBook doesn't have FW 800, but I was considering getting this model http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MAU8F7250G16/
so that I would have 800/400/USB choices. If my MacBook only has 160 GB hard drive, I am thinking that 250 GB should be okay. Hopefully their back-up software is not difficult for a very BASIC Mac user to learn. I have been using Retrospect but I understand that it is not Intel native yet?
Thanks for your input.
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.9) iMac Flat Panel (10.3.9)

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