Ive never really had to use one so i assume any 3.5" internal drive will fit the enclosure? i take it it hooks up by SATA then connects to comp via Firewire? thanks for checkin all that out man i appreciate it. Yeah i see what you mean, an enclosure seems like the logical thing to do alright. I've got a couple Western Digital externals that are like this, but I'm wondering if you may have the option or if you definitely don't. I'm curious about what drive you use now, that's bus powered only. ![]() It's really just preferred to use a 7200RPM drive, my MacBook Pro has recorded 5 track sessions in Reaper at 192kHz on the internal 5400RPM drive, and didn't have any trouble doing it, so I'm really just saying that your laptop should be more than capable, but it's better for the computer to have your session save elsewhere, because laptop hard drives aren't really made for intense recording sessions. USB3.0 is coming out, and that may change things, but USB2.0 is not fast enough at all. I would strongly advise that you never use USB as your scratch disk. If I had more time, I would do a much more in-depth check of disk speeds during recording and playback, but you shouldn't notice any lag using Firewire. My first gen MacBook Pro only has FW400, but it gets the job done. I did a test using 4 channels, the External drive kept up very well, no freezing or stuttering in the software or OS at any point. No problems at all, and I was actually breaking some rules, running Firefox and checking other websites, mail, and taking care of other business while letting audio record. In my test, I used a Western Digital My Book 400GB drive (this was one of the first generation My Book drives). ![]() Any drive in the price range you want will do. I'm not a big fan of the drives that are used inside LaCie units, but they seem to get the job done. If you're hellbent on buying a standard one, I'm a fan of iOmega, but LaCie is alright. Would give you a little more flexibility to pick a quality drive to put inside (such as Western Digital Black series). ![]() Supports SATA-II, so should support all drives up to 2TB (don't quote me, but I would expect that). You could buy any hard drive separately to put in it. Just did a quick test, but found that I don't have the time to check for numbers (family emergency has come up).
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