I'm getting one of these for Christmas. I just want something to hold a lot of my music...something simple and easy to use. Anyone have any suggestions?

i have 3 Western Digitals (2x 500, 1x 250) myself, which work fine. keep an eye on this thread here: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=57357

they have deals on these constantly. http://forums.slickdeals.net/ = your best friend for such things.

I have one of the Lacies, designed by Porche. Works great. Actually, I have two now, but the first one is not full yet, so the other one is still packed (it was a bargain).

groetjes,
Mirella

just bought a Western Dig 500GB external My Book Home w/eSATA connection HD for $121 out the door from Dell using some coupons i had for signing up for something that was free...it would have been $115 because of the free shipping but they charge tax!!

still i thought it was a good deal...also got a Rosewill esata card from newegg for $25 that comes with cable, software, and something else

after getting a comp w/ a 320GB HDD i realized being at 70 Gig already my 80 Gig external wasnt enough for backups let alone storage
so i started the search here on RM and think you guys guided me in the right direction (i hope)
any comments will be greatly appreciated as well as suggestions...

comp specs
320 HDD 7200rpm
2 GB ddr2 800mhz ram
radeon hd 2400 pro
core 2 duo E4600 @ 2.4Ghz
19 in 1 cadr reader
dells 16x optical drive
samsungs oem 20x DL dvd drive w/ lightscribe (from newegg)

FD (Fantom Drive i think from tigerdirect)80GB external usb 2.0

software:
spyware terminator
spyware doctor basic
zonealarm firewall
avast antivirus
System Mechanic 7 (buggy as hell)
seamonkey browser
and Norton Ghost 12

phew...didnt know where to post all this info so since i started w/ the external i figured id unload the rest here as well...
so any info, suggestions, recommendations, talkin shit, flaming, etc would be great!

thanks to anyone who chimes in...i need to eat and taco hell is calling so ciao for now...