External USB Hard Drive

This is a discussion about External USB Hard Drive in the Linux Hardware category; I'm considering getting one. Any recommendations?.

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I'm considering getting one. Any recommendations?

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A friend of mine picked up a 300gig Maxtor. It works well in XP. Linux, and OSX. he does video editing and says it not the fastest drive but it gets teh job done and 300gigs is huge. I just got a usb 2.0 hdd case and put a unused 4gig laptop drive in it. I think it cost me 25 bucks at newegg.com.

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The weekly flyer for circuit city in New Jersey has western digital external on sale with excellect rebates. $179 for a 250gig usb2.0 drive.

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Thanks egorgry, I'll check those out!