Please recommend what to look for in an external drive for my Macbook Pro

I don't have a lot of data, but I'm a writer and want a back up of novels and photos and photo projects. Can someone knowledgeable tell me what to look for in an external drive? I said to get one with a fan, but have seen highly recommended to those without a fan.

Thanks in advance,

NanaCA

If portability is a requirement, such as this storage drives will do:

http://eShop.MacSales.com/shop/FireWire/on-the-go

If the HARD disk will live on the desktop all the time, your choice increases.  Here are a few more examples (and there are more):

http://eShop.MacSales.com/shop/FireWire/EliteALmini/eSATA-FW800-FW400-USB

http://eShop.MacSales.com/shop/FireWire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB

The fans are not always essential if the design of the enclosure is made correctly.

There are many publishers and other options are available, but OWC is a good seller with excellent customer support.

Note that anything that is stored on a disk external HARD must also be safeguarded if the data has the value.

Ciao.

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