Please recommend a good external hard drive for an Apple Intel iMac?

[mshan]

My dad owns a 20 inch Core Duo iMac and it's 250 GB hard drive is filling up.

I want to get him an external hard drive for use with iMovie.

Can others recommend some good external hard drives or even bare enclosures for this purpose?

I think Firewire is supposed to be better for Macs, and ideally I would like one that spins up and spins down automatically when the iMac is put to sleep or awakened from sleep state.

 

[Slowlearner]

Iomega makes excellent ext hds, but I have no experience with Macs, here is product suggested for them

http://www.iomega.com/direct/products/d...%3C%3East_id=63191&bmUID=1164684472563

 

[mshan]

How quiet (idle whine, seeks, vibration) is that Iomega Minimax?

Does it spin up and spin down when your Windows box is put to sleep or awakened from sleep?

EDIT: do you know what the actual hard drive Iomega puts in it?

And is it fanless?

 

[d2arcturus]

External HDs are ripoffs IMO. Get a drive and enclosure.
My Samsung drive and Vantec Nexstar 3 keep me happy. No noise.

With a Mac you may want to look for a Firewire enclosure though.