Seagate Technology 200 GB USB 2.0 and FireWire External Drive ( ST3200823A-RK )
Silent, cool and great
I recently bought the Seagate 200 GB hard drive as a backup for my (constantly crashing) Dell laptop.  I've had it about one month now and I love it.<br /><br />I immediately loaded it up with photos, documents, programs and music and haven't had any problems.  It is also virtually silent, so you don't have to worry about any whirring noises distracting you from your work.<br /><br />After reading reviews of other brands, I am also very impressed with how cool it stays.  Because it is my primary hard drive now, I leave it running whenever I am using the computer to work or listen to music (more or less ALL the time) and it never feels warm.<br /><br />Compared to external hard drives that I've seen, this one is also fairly light in comparison and slim enough that it scoots right in among the other items on your computer desk without much rearranging.<br /><br />I would highly recommend this item.<br /><br />Edit: It is now 6 months later and I still love my harddrive, but I wanted to issue a general warning.  The harddrive claims to be compatible with both Mac and PC, but in reality it is compatible with either Mac OR PC.  My husband and I are amatuer computer users overall, and didn't realize until it was too late that the HD can only operate on one or the other, or it will get confused and crash.  We'd been using it on our Dell for several months when we bought a PowerBook and hooked it up to it as well and .... well, temporarily killed the Seagate.  Oops.  Fortunately, it can be saved with a simply software purchase and help from a computer-geek friend, but the hassle this has caused is rather annoying.<br /><br />Fortunately, Seagate's customer service reps were very helpful in helping us deal with this problem and didn't make us feel dumb for not knowing better :)