Cheap Firewire-400 500GB Drive?

[mrlynn]

[quote jdc]although only 320, did you see this

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those acomdata cases are great...fanless aluminum
I guess the main worry I have is this: Is the drive itself any good?

What drives are in those Acondatas? Or Fantoms?

And Maxtors don't seem to have a good reputation. . .

Time was, you could expect a 5-year warranty on a decent drive.

/Mr Lynn