I seek advice.

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Dear wise flist:

I need to buy myself an external hardrive. Something in the neighborhood of 80GB. Who/what do you recommend and why? How much should I expect to depart with?

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My recommendation is that you set a budget, and then get as large a drive as you can afford for that amount. I have an Apricorn (http://www.apricorn.com/product_detail.php?type=family&id=10) EZ BUS 250GB external drive, and I really wish I'd had the money to the the 500GB when I bought it. Believe me, you'll use all the space you have.

I've been extremely happy with my Apricorn drive. I like how easy it was to set up, the fact that it came with some nifty backup software, and that it has an internal fan to keep the drive cool. Also, it's on PC World's list of Top 10 external drives (http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,123728-page,1/article.html). I did a little research before I bought.

Good shopping resources are Newegg (http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=414&name=External-Hard-Drives) and ZipZoomFly (http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductList3.jsp), and cNet (http://reviews.cnet.com/4566-3186_7-0.html?filter=503164_11795436_&tag=brdcrmb), all of which you can shop by price or features, and read customer reviews.

Happy shopping! Let me know if you have any questions.