05-06-2008, 02:49 PM
RAM,
I hear you. One of the reasons I've always preferred towers over an all-in-one design is storage. I like having two drives in my machine. My current system is a G5 tower with two internal drives.
One drive is a primary drive. The second internal drive is a backup drive. I use an external as a scratch drive. The external is a Weibetch Baydock tray based system. So, the scratch drive is on one tray and i have another tray with another backup drive.
If I was buying a new Imac, I'd get a 320 gig drive and then purchase an enclosure with two bays. One bay would be for a backup drive and the other as a scratch drive. Or, I'd get an enclosure like a Wiebetech Baydock or Traydock. That way, I can use one drive tray for a backup drive and a second tray for scratch drive.
And, like the others, I'd go with a firewire drive though I'd make sure the enclosure has USB 2, as well.
Robert
I hear you. One of the reasons I've always preferred towers over an all-in-one design is storage. I like having two drives in my machine. My current system is a G5 tower with two internal drives.
One drive is a primary drive. The second internal drive is a backup drive. I use an external as a scratch drive. The external is a Weibetch Baydock tray based system. So, the scratch drive is on one tray and i have another tray with another backup drive.
If I was buying a new Imac, I'd get a 320 gig drive and then purchase an enclosure with two bays. One bay would be for a backup drive and the other as a scratch drive. Or, I'd get an enclosure like a Wiebetech Baydock or Traydock. That way, I can use one drive tray for a backup drive and a second tray for scratch drive.
And, like the others, I'd go with a firewire drive though I'd make sure the enclosure has USB 2, as well.
Robert