On 30-Aug-05, at 7:28 PM, Eric Dunbar wrote: > My personal inclination is to go with the slightly more expensive > 5163D. You already know that it works with Macs and, for the cost > savings of $10 or $20, I don't think it's worth mixing-and-matching > (of course, that is only my personal opinion) (if the savings were a > larger % of the price I'd say do it). Knowing somewhat of Leiths' finances, like most of us, $10 or $20 is a lot, especially after Tax! > >> > Just to clarify this statement: ALL USB and FireWire devices are > "hotswapable". You can safely (for the hardware) connect and > disconnect the devices. However, you should ALWAYS unmount a drive > before disconnecting it (for the sake of the data integrity). That's why I said drop in the trash. > PS Tee: there are only a few drive cases that allow hot swapping of > the IDE device itself (i.e. where you can switch the actual IDE > device, and not just the FireWire/USB connection... swap one 80 GB > drive for a 100 GB drive "on the fly" in the hard drive case). > > Eric. Don't know too many idiots that would try a swap without turning off the power. I've been around Mac/Apples since 1983, so why do you always assume that I know nothing? TTFN, TeeC _________________________________________________ For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on http://muglo.on.ca/Pages/joinus.html Our Archives can be viewed at //www.freelists.org/archives/muglo Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://muglo.on.ca/