Maxtor 80Gb External Firewire hard Drive £269 + VAT
The larger the hard drive space the more tapes you can digitise on to it. Approx I gigabyte of space is needed for 4 minutes of videotape. 60 gigabytes = 240 minutes. The beauty about external firewire drives is that they are cheap, can be easily hooked up to your computer and are portable. This means you can take your drive containing your project anywhere which has a firewire equipped Apple.

The fast, easy way to add storage to your PC or Mac. With data transfer rates up to 30 times faster than USB and the highest capacity available, the 1394 External Storage solution is perfect for today's storage-hungry digital entertainment equipment. Each easy to install 80 GB unit stores up to 20,000 MP3 tunes, 80 hours of compressed video or 8,000 digital pictures (10Mb / 3.3 M pixels). Stack more than one of these ultra-sleek units for virtually unlimited storage.
Run applications, edit videos, listen to music, download files, or play games. Powered by Maxtor's award-winning hard drive, Maxtor's External Storage offers dependable storage/backup and work space for all your important documents and precious memories.

This is the latest Firewire drive and claims to be faster than our recommended 80gig model.
Maxtor Personal Storage™ 3000DV is the perfect solution for flicker-free video editing, graphics-intensive games, digital music, digital photos, and data backup and archiving. It takes external data storage to a new level of performance with full 1394, i.LINK® and FireWire® compatibility making it up to 30 times faster than USB1.1 and features a 7,200 RPM that boosts the data transfer rate up to 56% faster than the 5400 RPM version. Expandability is built in-connect up to 62 devices for virtually unlimited storage. It also installs in minutes with just a few mouse clicks and is Mac- and PC-compatible.
Price: $379.95 (Just released)

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