Best external portable hard drive around?

[jamieoliver22]

Hey all!

What do you suggest is the best portable hard drive around?

I was thinking of getting one of these, what do you think? http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=199
Or the black one here (my fave): http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=262

Thanks all!
Jamie.

 

[thomas49th]

http://www.westerndigital.com/en/pr...asp?DriveID=262 is the better out of the 2. However, im not sure it's the best around. Must be HD faster then 5400rpm.

What will you be storing on it?

 

[jamieoliver22]

Portable HDDs don't seem to be over 5400rpm though (well, possibly the really expecsive ones). Some normal external ones are, but I haven't seen a portable one. The buffer size is only 2mb as well, will that make a big difference?

Thanks,
Jamie.

 

[Bran]

I have the WDXML1200UE, and I have never had a problem with it. I just use it to save stuff I want to take with me, or when I reformat my computer I move stuff on to it. It's a little slow, but nothing that big.