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Old 4th June 2009
gosha gosha is offline
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Although Firewire is a faster protocol when compared to USB, only Apple has embraced it. The number of hardware products featuring Firewire are dwindling.
I know, this macmini ppc of mine is a real curse, the only really good thing about it is that it is small, cute, and silent.
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if you are that concerned about people stealing your files, encrypt them
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I'm concerned about some, so I might encrypt a part of it. But the thing is that my router is exposed to the internet, while the macmini is inside, using pf (it is the basic model, with no wireless, so I could only do that to be able to connect to my winbox.

I don't have such a fast connection, so Amazon isn't really an option.
I never thought choosing an external drive would have so many issues, the big/small endian one being the most problematic.
Computer world seems to really love to enforce incompatibility...
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