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Even knowing nothing from nothing the WD wasn't necessarily my first choice, but Best Buy is the only place I could get to easily and they don't carry LaCie, which is what a couple people had recommended to me.

The new line of MyBook Home does have a 2 Firewire 400 ports, a USB 2.0 and and eSATA input, though. So, it might be a little bit of an upgrade from your model.

Since my options now involve waiting for my car to get out of the shop (part of the problem with acquisition initially), going to Best Buy to return this drive, and driving out to MicroCenter to get a LaCie (or something) I'm thinking of backing up with SuperDuper on this drive so I can get to upgrading to Leopard today.