<p>Not all 1TB drives are equal. There are available interfaces, features like auto-shutoff, cache size, flash ports, etc. I’d avoid Seagate drives for a few more months. They had a disaster of a problem in customers not being able to access the data on their drives - it started in December 2008 I think. They issued one firmware update which worked for some people.</p>
<p>I like the Wester Digital MyBook drives with variable speed and eSATA ports. They use less power and run cooler when idle and have auto-shutoff with Firewire and USB. I would love a drive with FireWire 800 but those are hard to find and expensive.</p>