My Maxtor external does both and I've tried it both ways. I haven't
benchmarked it, but to the user, the difference is not measurable.

Tom
"S.Lewis" wrote in message
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Very nice. So tell me, since I have neither toy yet (or the need for
either), which external drive do you believe to be faster moving/accessing
those large files? An anecdoctal answer is fine. I'm just curious.


Stew