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- de4k0
thats one I have, and its solid.
cheaper than mine also...
*snoogins
- JamesEngage0
I have the 40 gb version of this... light... convenient... and cheap as chips!
- Rand0
I use a maxtor 250 gig firewire with a button you press on the front to automatically back everything else
- smellvetica0
i'm liking the look of the new formacs http://dabs.com/uk/channels/hard…
- hUtCh0
It doesn't have the blue light tho...
- JamesEngage0
er... I think you'll find that, that is an integestion tablet.
- de4k0
shit.
i think the maxtor has a soothing blue light!
- hUtCh0
oh de4k, that light looks like it might swipe like Night Rider!
wow...
- de4k0
they must have seen our previous thread and stuck a blue light on there.
blue lights for all!!!
*tangent
I was driving a friends VW Golf the other day and all the instrumentation is backlit in a trance inducing blue/indigo glow. mmmmmmm
- hUtCh0
Yup, my mate had one too. Did it have the same 'red blade' pointers too?
Kinda made my eyes go funny...
- Baskerville0
LaCie all the way. I've got a rubberised pocketdrive for the road (20Gb) and a D2 for work (120 Gb)
- de4k0
but if you want subtle blue lighting, ...get a VW.
:p
- contra0
Ebuyer is the cheapness for Lacie... http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/p…
- smellvetica0
thanks for the advice guys, went for http://www.savastore.com/product…
a few friends have had a hard time with ebuyer recently so i'm staying well clear.
savastore have promised first thing tomorrow. nice.
- k0na_an0k0
smellvetica: you'll be happy with it. i just got the same one last week. luv it. way fast and kewl to look at too.
- gruntt0
what platform and how cheap is cheaply?
- tymeframe0
why do you want a CHEAP backup drive?
- hUtCh0
One of these naturally...
http://www.lacie.com/uk/products…
- ribit0
120GB-250GB Firewire drive (cheapest per MB of all external backup methods) and a copy of Retrospect or similar backup software to do scheduled incremental backups.