Q: thanks thanks PJ but Im looking for a firewire drive. I will be doing video editing and usb will slow me down or crash.
A: Maxtor & LaCie are good. I find LaCie better for Mac use. Be sure to get a drive that is made up of one actual hard drive, not two or more drives in one enclosure. Having two drives inside the enclosure make up one larger virtual drive actually doubles the failure rate. As for speeds. FireWire 400 is faster than USB 1 USB 2 is faster than FireWire 400 FireWire 800 is Faster than USB 2 If you are using a newer Mac, Firewire 800 is a good connection. If you are using an older Mac, Firewire 400 is what you want. If you are using a PC that does not have FireWire, hopefully both it and the drive support USB 2.