i've been editing for the last few hours and now have 3GB less space on my computer

[Ava]

i've got to get an external hard drive x(

my computer went from 250 GB to 80GB quickly since i do heavy editing. i just got paid so i'm going to have to chip in and get an external hard drive.

[gatorboy]

1. Maybe they'll have another contest for one of these

http://www.notcot.com/archives/2008/12/notcot_giveaway_30.php

[GoneOffShore]

2. Oooooo. I wants one!

[Ava]

3. here's the one i'm considering

http://store.apple.com/us/product/TT955LL/A?fnode=MTY1NDA0Nw&mco=MjQzNDIzNw

[GOPisEvil]

4. Um, you DON'T have an external hard drive?

I, uh, really hope you don't have a hard drive failure or anything.

You really, really need to get an external to back up your project.

[Ava]

7. no i do not

i have everything on tape though.. of course that wouldn't help with the actual edited project.

i have gobs of disks and SD cards with files for projects on them. i need to get an external hard drive though. i just haven't been able to save up for it yet. the past few months all my money has gone towards college applications etc.

[GOPisEvil]

I hope you can get one quickly.

Series. ;)

[Ava]

10. i'm ordering one this week

;)

[GOPisEvil]

14. Excellent!

:thumbsup:

[Pierre.Suave]

17. Try this one Ava

it is great and cheaper.

Link is not working, but it is a really awesome external drive, 1TB of storage, fast firewire interface, and CHEAPER from a reputable seller, I have a bunch of these external drives myself and never once had a problem with them.

www.macsales.com and look at the neptune external firewire drive, 1TB is 134.99, however it may be a good idea to get an external RAID for redundancy or get two of these and use one to backup the other.

[Ava]

18. thanks!

checking out the site now :hi:

[Pierre.Suave]

19. Ava, I assumed you are on a mac?

You are right? An iMac if I remember right?

[PeaceNikki]

5. You can get 1TB for $100 shipped

http://www.buy.com/retail/usersearchresults.asp?querytype=home&qu=hard+drive+1tb&qxt=home&display=col

:thumbsup:

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. A terabyte. Amazing times we live in.

[PeaceNikki]

8. I know... my 1st PC has a whopping 512 MB hard drive.

OK, that's a lie. My 1st computer was a Vic 20 with a cassette tape drive and 5KB of RAM.

[Fire Walk With Me]

15. Mmm, the 20. Remind me please:

Did the 1541 floppy drive work with the 20, or was it only the 64?

[mwooldri]

16. Wow! That much RAM? *bounce*...

... my Sinclair ZX81 had 1024 bytes as standard. I just HAD to opt for the 16K Rampack.

Oh and the resolution! We could control the pixels: 80x44 IIRC, but we had a choice of black or white. It came with an optional printer: resembles today's cash register receipts but the paper was more silvery. Plus the keyboard... well there were no keys, it was a wonderful membrane keypad. The good thing was its size: it was about the size of my mousemat and as thick as a smalltown Yellow Pages.

Mark.

[Ava]

9. i've never bought from them

have you? :shrug:

[PeaceNikki]

11. MANY times.

:thumbsup:

[Ava]

12. ok, awesome.

i'm also paranoid about websites with cheaper prices being scams, lol. thanks for the tip!

[PeaceNikki]

13. These guys rock, too.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=40000414&Description=1%20TB%20hard%20drive&name=External%20Hard%20Drives

[Broken_Hero]

20. Most externals are relatively cheap nowadays

I saw a 500 gig for about 90 bucks, and a terrabyte drive for about 190 or so....