Wireless external hard drive or not?

I have an older mac book pro (early 2008) running OSX Yosemite. I want to get an external drive and completely move my iPhoto and iTunes libraries to stay and run off of.
Should this be a wireless hard drive or not? I like the idea of not having to be connected all the time to access them since I'm often not at my desk with my laptop all the time but don't know if speed would be compromised with a wireless external drive.
Any recommendations one way or the other? Or of good brands/models?
Thanks!!

Go into the Bios and click on the Advanced tab. There should be a setting for the USB Legacy Emulation mode. By default, it is usually enabled. The USB Legacy Mode is for older USB devices like keyboards and disk drives. Disable the USB Legacy mode and try again. There may be a problem with some of the newer USB devices like hard drives and wireless mice with the USB Legacy mode enabled.

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