Thanks for the suggestions. I'm not a big techie so buyinig off the shelf is probably the best route for me. I've been reading some reviews of the Maxtor One Touch and people have been posting that the drives died after a year or so. That would not be good. I think I'm leaning towards the Western Digital drives (not the one with the glowing lights though). However, the LaClie Firewire 800 drives look interesting, but expensive.

Thanks again!! TF