....anything *here* , knowing the naysayers are just waiting to pounce,
but...

I just helped a friend buy and set up an external hard drive as a backup
unit for his laptop. It's a LaCie D2 Quadra, 320 gigs. Nothing unusual
there, but...the Quadra refers to the four ways of hooking it up to a
computer: USB2, Firewire 400, Fireware 800, and, fastest of all, SATA.

It's a very nice unit, in an aluminum case, and comes with Retrospect
software for a Mac or a PC.

The unit was $180, but MicroCenter, a national storefront chain with
internet ordering, too, has it at $129.

This is the unit:

http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0263211


There's plenty of competition for this unit, of course. You pays your
money and you takes your choice.