Hey guys,
I'm going to a remote location in Greece in a month and need a high capacity portable hard drive to offload P2 footage. I was thinking of maybe getting the Iomega 250gb portable hard drive USB/Firewire to use with my powerbook G4. It's going for $125 at Adorama:
http://www.adorama.com/IOG33962.html?searchinfo=portable%20drive%20250gb&item_no=1
I was thinking of getting two, using one to back everything up. Has anyone used this one? If so, can it be bus-powered using only the firewire cable or would I also have to plug in a usb cable for power?
I'm aware this it not a top of the line bus-powered drive, but I figured I'd be okay if I backed everything up on a second one. If you think I should not get this, please suggest an alternative.
Thanks!
I'm going to a remote location in Greece in a month and need a high capacity portable hard drive to offload P2 footage. I was thinking of maybe getting the Iomega 250gb portable hard drive USB/Firewire to use with my powerbook G4. It's going for $125 at Adorama:
http://www.adorama.com/IOG33962.html?searchinfo=portable%20drive%20250gb&item_no=1
I was thinking of getting two, using one to back everything up. Has anyone used this one? If so, can it be bus-powered using only the firewire cable or would I also have to plug in a usb cable for power?
I'm aware this it not a top of the line bus-powered drive, but I figured I'd be okay if I backed everything up on a second one. If you think I should not get this, please suggest an alternative.
Thanks!
