[Spridgets] OT - External hard drives

[David Lieb]

> David, is there any difference, other than size, between the larger case
> hard drives like this "My Book" unit vs the smaller ones like "My 
> Passport"?
> I am looking for a portable unit to bring back and forth between home and 
> my
> office, but am wondering if there is any compromise when stuffing the same
> capacity into a smaller package.

Personally, I would suggest that you might be better off using a pair of the 
USB flash drives. They aren't perfect either (hence the "pair"), but they 
have no moving parts to fail and 32GB is generally enough for data 
transportation.

If I were going to use a drive like that, I would lean towards the WD My 
Book line. Hard drives do generate a lot of heat still and a bigger case 
translates into better temperature control.
David Lieb