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Originally Posted by ScottyS
USB 2.0 is pretty fast, if somewhat annoying to use on multiple systems if you like to map the same letters.....
Personally, I'm sold on 2.5" lappy drives for portable storage. The trick for USB-only power is to purchase a slow-rpm drive and put it in a case yourself.....I've got one that I use for my National Geographic TOPO! software --- every USGS 7.5' quadrangle map for AK, OR, ID, WY, CA, NV, UT, CO, AZ, and NM is on it. Truly a cartographic marvel.
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I grabbed an 80GB laptop USB2.0 drive for my trip to Montreal. Small, light, robust... it pretty much kicks ass, but since I don't think it ever spins down, it really seems to *destroy* my battery life.
Too bad the 120GB drives were sold out everywhere, or I would have sprung for the larger drive... that's what I get for shopping last minute before my trip.