Again I thank all for their input and suggestions to my query. Appreciated all the ideas etc posted. However like I said before the prices you’ve thrown at me are unavailable to me as they are American while I’m not. Basically I have to add between 50% to 60% to your prices to get the same item. Probably could get a better price at Costco but the closest one is a 8 to 9 hours drive away and I don’t/wont have a membership.
Anyways I have opted for a wee bit of each type for this round looking at more purchases of what we feel is the best in the future. I stopped by Best Buy this PM and picked up 1 Samsung 1TB SSD ($220 + 13% tax) and 2 2TB WD My Passport HD ($80 ea + 13% tax) hopefully to fit my wife and my requirements for the near future. Time will tell.
Again, much thanks for all whom took the time to answer my query. Was greatly appreciated.
LittleRed (Ron)
One quick note, besides taking pictures I am a industrial electrical engineer. Your new WD's will last you a long time and give you very good service if you treat them with care. Since a hard drive has moving parts which can become damaged, avoid any significant impact. When transporting them pack them in foam lined cases or pouches. I have used a couple of heavy socks in a zip lock bag. Avoid ex-stream temperatures, don't leave them in a freezing car over night, don't allow them to sit in direct bright sun. When in use place them on a solid surface avoid cyclic vibration or any sudden shock. Don't move them at all when on if at all possible. All mechanical hard drives are susceptible to disc surface damage if the reader heads contact the disk surface. It's called scooping, it happens when vertical movement of the head hits the disk surface the damage is not reversible. I also recommend that lap tops not be operated on your lap. In my many years of using portable computers I have never had a drive fail. The best way to operate your potable computers and external drive is to find a good solid flat surface place both on it and don't move either. I have 7 potable HDs, and 3 potable SSDs. I have a very early WD passport 250mg with FAT32 partitioning, it has thousands of hours of time on it ran for 4 years around the clock. It was tapped to a 4 pound piece of steel, and placed on concrete floor next to my computer. It to this day has no bad sectors. Best of luck and take many great pictures.
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