New Computer!!

[Abhas]

Yeah, i'll probably buy an external hard drive when its needed... Even an internal Sata disk wont be much of a problem... hardly costs anything nowadays

Hey needed to know something, What is the performance of external hard disks (usb variety or the sata ones)...
imo..the usb must be painfully slow?

 

[IloveGilly]

Which also leads to the question, did you get USB 2.0? With 2.0 it'll be a breeze transferring, saving and such.

Without 2.0 then you're in a little trouble.

 

[Abhas]

ya its USB 2.0 ( it's a basic necessity these days.. n question of not having that )
I have not used external hdd's before, that's why i was curious.
I assume they get their power from the usb port itself?

What's the case with the sata ones? do we need external power for them?

 

[Maxkarter]

It'll probably need external power, you'll obviously get a cable with it. I know mine has.

 

[MasterBlaster76]

Has anyone ever had issues with an external DVD drive?

 

[SciD]

Has anyone ever had issues with an external DVD drive?

Well i had external cd writer by HP and it worked without any problem. So i dont see any reason why external DVD Drive will have any problem.