external drive 8mb or 16 md cache?

[ninjamini]

Is there a performence diff. between a 8mb and 16 mb drive if they are both 300GB 7200 RPM? Here are the drives in question:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=6843552&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat33200050002&id=1093467674351

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=6782911&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat33200050002&id=1089890509237


OK I'll say it so you dont have to:

"The real difference is 8 MB."

[MacPredict.com]

Well, of course the 16MB is better. It's cheaper too with the sale on the Maxtor, so that should answer your question!
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[ninjamini]

[ninjamini]

Looks like I found my own answer at cNet

http://reviews.cnet.com/Seagate_Pushbutton_Backup_External_Hard_Drive_300GB/4505-3186_7-31288961-2.html?tag=top

http://reviews.cnet.com/Maxtor_OneTouch_II_300GB/4505-3186_7-31121421-2.html?tag=top

and about the Maxtor:

"For Apple aficionados, OneTouch II can make a fully bootable copy of a Mac system."