External Hard Drives, Do I really need Glyph? Options

[Tim]

I'm getting a Powerbook and will be running ProTools LE and Absynth...at least for now. Some guys at a music store I am working with are making me think that I need a Glyph drive for my external hard drive. Now, I do know that i want an external drive, because i don't want to tax the Powerbook drive with the audio I record and playback. But, the Glyph drives are so expensive. I just looked at a Mac Warehouse Catelog and saw 7200 RPM, 80gig firewire drives for a little over $200. Won't this suffice. The 80gig Glyph Companion drive is $500.

Anybody using drives from LaCie, Que, etc? Any problems or rumored problems?

Thanks,
Tim.

[damann]

hi rickenbacker,
just trying to be polite. i've been bashed too much to simply state my opinion!
i appreciate the after sales service that glyph apparently provide, always good to hear.
the price however, sounds unjustifiable, this drive costs almost as much as the mbox itself.
i use an 80gb "icewarrior" or "icecube" as it's called (from box clever), on my powerbook setup. it cost less than 200 quid, contains a seagate barracuda, the defacto pro standard hard drive, has no fan, looks incredible (it's pictured in my avatar), AND the build quality is exemplary. i recommend you check it out at www.macandmore.com.
the main issue for me with firewire drives is the fact that new drives are being released soon that double the throughput speed! as i've said, it's only an ide drive being addressed by a firewire to ide bus. the bus is the real issue! peace, good luck, later...