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Seagate FreeAgent Desk and FreeAgent Go for Mac Giveaway

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This weekend we got down to the nitty gritty business of changing out a secondary internal hard drive. We had to change out the guts of our system after filling it to the brim with HD content from iTunes (we've finally jumped into watching Heroes and thus found ourselves with zero room after partially downloading Season 1). The admittedly modest 160GB drive of music and video moved over to the roomy external 1 terabyte Free Agent Pro, then back over to a new 500 GB Seagate Barracuda from Newegg ($75 and it came literally the next morning). Thank goodness for spacious external drives for these sort of situations and daily backups, like these two new Seagate external drives that were specifically designed to work with and compliment Mac setups.

The FreeAgent Desk and FreeAgent Go are both handsome new additions we're excited to be offering as a giveaway today to celebrate the announcement of their availability specifically for Mac users. Go under the jump to learn how to qualify to be one of the first to win one of these new Seagate storage solutions (but don't worry Windows users, you can qualify and win a Windows-compatible equivalent also)...

 
 

Here are the specs of the newest drives from Seagate we're offering one each of:


FreeAgent Desk:

  • Available in three sizes 500 GB, 1 TB and 1.5 TB.
  • FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 interfaces (FireWire 400 supported)
  • Mac complimenting brushed metal finish
  • Mac formatted and Time Machine-ready
  • Supports Apple power-management
  • 5-year limited warranty (and from our past experience, they do honour this agreement without much hassle besides waiting for delivery; excellent coverage).


FreeAgent Go:

  • Portable form factor
  • Mac complimenting brushed metal finish
  • Connects to computers via a FreeAgent FireWire 800 desktop dock, simplifying transfers
  • Available in storage capacities of 250 GB and 320 GB
  • Supports FireWire 800 and USB interfaces (including FireWire 400)
  • Includes durable carrying case and compact FireWire and USB cables
  • Mac formatted and Time Machine-ready
  • 5-year limited warranty


How to Enter:
So how do you win one of these spiffy new external storage solutions? Easy. Just tell us what you plan to store on your new drive if you're chosen as our random winner. Also tell us which drive you prefer (Windows users can opt for a Windows-compatible equivalent). We'll pick one random winner for each drive on Thursday night at 11:59pm (yes, we're up that late) and announce those winners on Friday.

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I wish I could be clever and say it was all for teh pr0nz, but in reality I'm terrified of losing the huge music collection I've amassed over the years! I'd definitely move it all over to a shiny new external drive!

They're both pretty neat - in fact, I can't really tell the difference between them beyond size! Am I allowed to say "either one"?

posted by melanie on September 15th 2008 at 8:33am
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I'm beginning the process of creating a home theater system based around all of my Apple toys, so the FreeAgent Desk would be sooooooo helpful!

posted by tlk on September 15th 2008 at 8:43am
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I would store back-ups of my creative output, first and foremost! And a good chunk of music, too. I would love to have a mac-specific solution for this.

posted by Juliakay on September 15th 2008 at 8:43am
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Hmm...probably my increasing collection of photographs - I've been doing scans of old family negatives. I really like the capacity of the Free Agent Desk - does this sound too much like begging?

posted by cybrbanana on September 15th 2008 at 8:43am
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I would back up my huge music collection and do my time machine backups with it if I had a Free Agent Desk.

posted by ultima1086 on September 15th 2008 at 8:51am
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I'd back up my photos and music and all the usual business.

Mac! I'll finally use Time Machine.

posted by RobbieRamone on September 15th 2008 at 8:54am
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Pr0n FTW! Windoze please!

posted by spanky28 on September 15th 2008 at 8:54am
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The 1.5 TB Free Agent Desk would be perfect for me. I've got a ton of music and movies that desperately need backup, and our 500 gig external drive, which seemed ridiculously huge when we got it, is seeming smaller and smaller.

posted by jessica b on September 15th 2008 at 8:59am
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I would use the FreeAgent Go to back up all my research results and drafts of my dissertation that I will be writing soon.

posted by texie on September 15th 2008 at 9:00am
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I'd back up my entire online life.. Music, Photos, website, development work, resumes, ... via Time Machine.

posted by Peter D on September 15th 2008 at 9:08am
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Mostly music and photos. Mac please!

posted by cocolux on September 15th 2008 at 9:09am
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Ooooh! That FreeAgent Desk sounds perfect... My "Good Question" on external hard drives was posted earlier this week... I'd get all my old music and photos off of there, and start storing newer music on there as well!

posted by closertotheocean on September 15th 2008 at 9:14am
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i'd be using it for backup in general. I was poor when i bought my imac and went with the 250gb hard drive and i should have went with a lot lot more. So it is full of movies and i am out of space.

i'd take either of them though, Can't complain or get picky when it's free.

posted by jmorey on September 15th 2008 at 9:28am
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I've got a Mac Mini as the brains of my TV operation. Unfortunately for me, the Mini's brain isn't all that big and I'm often faced with the Solomonic choice - old A-Team or new Family Guy? The FreeAgent Desk 1 TB model would definitely help me keep my digital library in one piece.

posted by IanBrandt on September 15th 2008 at 9:28am
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My whole life could backed up on the 1.5tb!

posted by ilovetheeastcoast on September 15th 2008 at 9:30am
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Wll lets see, music, web page templates, my fiction writing, pfft, most anything I own that needs to be backed up...windows please.

posted by Mark Roberts on September 15th 2008 at 9:35am
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One for mac one for pc.

music, photos, video.

posted by art on September 15th 2008 at 9:35am
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I would use the 320GB free agent GO with my Mac Book Pro for storing virtual machine images that I use for testing security software. The firewire 800 interface would be great!

320GB Free Agent Go for Mac please! :)

-Doki

posted by Doki on September 15th 2008 at 9:40am
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With the 1.5TB Seagate FreeAgent Desk I could replace my ailing 1TB drive and resume ripping my DVD collection for easy access via Apple TV.

posted by Shane! on September 15th 2008 at 9:49am
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I'd love to have a Windows equivalent of the FreeAgent Desk. It would be wonderful to move all of my photography DVD's (I take tons of pictures) on to a drive, so I wouldn't have to search under my desk to find a single image.

posted by CarahKristel on September 15th 2008 at 9:50am
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Photos, photos, and more photos!

posted by napk on September 15th 2008 at 9:52am
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I would store the back-up for all my gaming!

posted by berwyn on September 15th 2008 at 9:57am
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I am a songwriter and use my computer to record tunes. Multi-track recording files take up a lot of space. I also have a large music collection. I need all the storage I can get.

posted by cettelbrick on September 15th 2008 at 10:02am
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I would use the drives to store my massive amounts of... music! I would also use them to help store my girlfriends ever growing photography. The 1.5 TB Free Agent Desk & the 350 GB Free Agent Go would be amazing to have! ^_^

posted by theboyrobot on September 15th 2008 at 10:10am
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I would store our family photos. We have five children, six grandchildren and a large extended family. We have three blended families due to my husband being a widower twice. Some of the families live far apart and we share many photos and memories.

posted by cheri on September 15th 2008 at 10:12am
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I need one! My current drive just quit recently. I will use it to back up my photo, video, and music libraries!

posted by souk1501 on September 15th 2008 at 10:13am
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My growing semi-pro photograph archive
(as well as a back up of my computer) would be stored on the FreeAgent Desk. Oh man that would be so great! Windows compatible would be perfect.

posted by AnyWhichWay on September 15th 2008 at 10:13am
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What a wonderful giveaway. I would store both photo's and music. Thanks so much.

posted by peg42 on September 15th 2008 at 10:14am
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I'd store all my digital poster sized art that can surpass 2GB per piece on the 1.5TB FreeAgent Desk for Mac.

posted by MiddleChildMade on September 15th 2008 at 10:18am
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Awesome. I would back up my general files but mainly it would be for all my photography. The FreeAgent Desk 1TB or 1.5TB would be perfect!

posted by potatostar on September 15th 2008 at 10:18am
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I was actually going go buy one this week ANYHOW...so I think I'll hold off and see about my luck here! I'm joining the Navy and shipping out in a few weeks. I'll be gone at OCS and other training commands for about 5 months with no opportunity to use a personal computer, so I'm going to do a huge Time Machine backup to the largest Desktop HD they have and sell my computer. That way I can get the most cutting-edge MacBookPro they have when I resurface among the living in Spring of next year!

posted by brassmonkeyboy on September 15th 2008 at 10:19am
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I would love the Free Agent Desk. If I were to acquire this lovely hard disk, I would use it to store all of the many hours of video that my husband and I are rapidly accumulating with our new video camera.

posted by jamielynnhollis on September 15th 2008 at 10:20am
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i would use it to store all my blueprints of solving world hunger and poverty .


...and maybe some music.

posted by soididwhatyouaskedmeto on September 15th 2008 at 10:25am
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music and photos!

posted by skalobster11 on September 15th 2008 at 10:33am
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music.

posted by Joker on September 15th 2008 at 10:36am
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Freeagent Desk. I will store photos and music.

posted by rayreadb on September 15th 2008 at 10:43am
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one word: BACKUP!!!

Once you've lost everything to a 200GB hard drive failure, you don't really need to be reminded to cover your rear again...

BTW - I would really like the FreeAgent Go for Mac (that red is NICE!!!)

posted by looksgood_soundsgood on September 15th 2008 at 10:48am
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I would use it to backup my husband's dissertation. I'm ready for him to be done with school and we can't afford any more set backs!

posted by realjen01 on September 15th 2008 at 10:51am
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I'd backup family photos and music. I'd use the mac format. My powerbook's almost all filled up.

posted by KIP2735 on September 15th 2008 at 10:57am
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with the freeagent desk 1.5tb I could consolidate the 3 external drives I have now (something I've been meaning to to) and get all my movies and music, and art in one place finally then use one of the old drives for time machine mac format please

posted by AndrewH on September 15th 2008 at 10:57am
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Backing up music seems to be the great need and I'm no different,those music files can be huge and i would use it for that and more!
Free agent go for the Mac. Thanks for the chance!

posted by lavatn on September 15th 2008 at 11:02am
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Ooooo! I'd love one of the Desk models to consolidate my 2 externals and store my music and videos. And (finally!) so some regular backups.

posted by jennifer in sf on September 15th 2008 at 11:04am
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I'd love a desk model for my macs time machine. about time i start using it.

posted by kenny on September 15th 2008 at 11:10am
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Free Agent Desk for me... I would give it to my boyfriend (aren't I nice?!) he is an artist/graphic designer and needs much more space than his poor powerbook can hold!

posted by hahnanan on September 15th 2008 at 11:10am
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I'd like the Seagate FreeAgent Desk for PC, I could backup my videos on it.

posted by agordon10 on September 15th 2008 at 11:11am
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I'd save all of the various travel photos and music that won't fit on my macbook. Until I knew these existed, I wanted a Western Digital Passport. The FreeAgent Go is my choice!

posted by binkies on September 15th 2008 at 11:16am
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FreeAgent Desk for me please. I need the space for my music and eyetv files on my mac mini.

posted by x5150 on September 15th 2008 at 11:20am
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I'd back up all my videos and important files! And also use it to view video on my xbox360. I'm crossing my fingers for the FreeAgent Go for Mac. Thanks!

posted by dteng on September 15th 2008 at 11:31am
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My music! I'm always fighting the battle over hard drive space, I'd love another back up option!

posted by cupide430 on September 15th 2008 at 11:36am
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FeeAgent for Windows. I'd store important information

posted by d1 on September 15th 2008 at 11:38am
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FreeAgent Desk for Mac, please! Photos, photos, and more photos!

posted by Letitia on September 15th 2008 at 11:53am
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FreeAgent Desk for Windows... I'll take it as big as you can go!

posted by leanneabe on September 15th 2008 at 11:56am
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Free agent for Windows. I would use it as a business backup to store all the files that I have for my business.

posted by TazziDevl64 on September 15th 2008 at 12:03pm
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storing my photos

(for windows)

posted by rosidentevil on September 15th 2008 at 12:06pm
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I always have said that one can never have too much hard drive space (it's amazing to see how quickly a 500 gig HD disappears when you start loading it up with music, videos and pictures...).

I'd want the free agent desk, as I don't really need anything portable. I'd probably use it for more storage since I already have back up drives for my computers.

posted by tgfoo on September 15th 2008 at 12:06pm
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I'm about to purchase my first ipod (the new touch). It would be great to know I had all that extra storage for music and movies on the Freeagent desk.

posted by mpw on September 15th 2008 at 12:47pm
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i love photos free agent desk

posted by mverno11 on September 15th 2008 at 12:50pm
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I am planning to buy one of these for Christmas!
I could save the money for gas.
We want to store 2nd backups of our computers, pictures, music, family trees, game files/addons.

Thanks for the contest.

posted by tee on September 15th 2008 at 12:52pm
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I take tons of vacations and nature photographs for scrapbooking projects so that's what I would use it for the most. FreeAgent Desk would be my preference. Thanks

posted by michael woods on September 15th 2008 at 1:16pm
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i'd use handbreak to convert my movie collection to digital files and store those for use with my apple tv. been looking for an external drive that had the capacity and looks that fits my needs and style. would look perfect next to my macbook pro.

(freeagent desk)

posted by ns0n on September 15th 2008 at 1:17pm
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Ooo, I'd love the FreeAgent Desk!

I'm a freelance graphic and Web designer, so I'd use it to hold all of the huge files I have to keep for a year before deleting, per my contract with my clients.

I'd kill for that kind of space!

posted by Mrs.Mack on September 15th 2008 at 1:32pm
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I'd love to be able to store home videos and family photos on the FreeAgent Desk (windows).

posted by HandyC on September 15th 2008 at 1:50pm
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I'd get off my ass and make that experimental film I've been wanting to make for the past two years. I left the film industry two years ago to go into design. I'm happier and have a much better commute--but I would like to make something for myself. It would be a sort of closer for that chapter of my life.

posted by betabethany on September 15th 2008 at 1:56pm
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Photos, music & all those old family video tapes to convert!

posted by mochihead on September 15th 2008 at 2:03pm
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Free Agent Desk.

Lots of my pictures since 2003-2007 last year. I know better now...back up pictures, family home videos, scan documents that i want to shred.

Still on Windows

posted by ella! on September 15th 2008 at 2:05pm
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My old MAC only has an 80 Gig drive and this would be great for photos.

posted by lockworw on September 15th 2008 at 2:08pm
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desk lots of pics and documents

posted by SANDY89 on September 15th 2008 at 2:23pm
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Free Agent Desk would be a great backup disk for me!

posted by jbeckett on September 15th 2008 at 2:45pm
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I would love the mac compatible version, especially now that Rhino has been ported to Mac. My models are getting very large and renderings are filling my hard drive up fast!

posted by stet on September 15th 2008 at 2:54pm
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I'd love a FreeAgent Desk 1 TB because I need to backup my pictures and move them off my Mac book. When my daughter was born last February, I got a Canon Rebel. Suddenly, my collection of pictures was eating up disk space faster than anything else! The FreeAgent Desk would let me streamline my laptop so applications can run quickly again.

posted by jhwilliams on September 15th 2008 at 2:58pm
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That FreeAgent Desk would sure come in handy since I digitally record songs at home. I could use it as either a new primary (I've written tons of songs over the years plus I just got a plusdeck to back up all of my old analog recordings), or I could use it as a backup...lost a drive once, it was very, very bad.

posted by FantumGrey on September 15th 2008 at 3:06pm
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I would make a bootable backup of my personal Macbook. This would really be helpful because I have the Adobe CS3 Suite installed on that machine but not my work one. This way I could easily use my CS3 apps at work.

posted by paulh on September 15th 2008 at 3:28pm
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Backup all my CD wav files.

posted by jlafount on September 15th 2008 at 3:55pm
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I have WAAAAAY too much music and the 500GB internal drive in my G5 has just started the old clicky-clicky "Help me, I'm dying!" sound. I shall gamble and wait till Friday to pick up a replacement... you know, just in case!

posted by andyshpandy on September 15th 2008 at 4:00pm
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Digital scans of all my old slides. FreeAgent Go please.

posted by drewmcd24 on September 15th 2008 at 4:15pm
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Free Agent Go for Mac - to store all my top secret files....i'd have to kill if i say anymore.....

posted by kitchenwilly on September 15th 2008 at 4:20pm
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I could move all the music files from four smaller drives to the FreeAgent Desk.

posted by chaswade on September 15th 2008 at 4:31pm
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I've been looking for a solution to store my backlog of ripped music CDs and photos. Right now, I'm constantly shuffling things between internal drives and computers. I just want a simple solution.

I'd go with a Windows version for flexibility.

posted by runtime on September 15th 2008 at 4:34pm
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I would love to have the FreeAgent Desk, but wouldn't turn my nose up at the FreeAgent Go. If I won either, I would ask my husband to store his music and photos on it instead of my hard drive. Thanks for the offer!

posted by geekbearinggifts on September 15th 2008 at 5:46pm
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I'd love the FreeAgent Go to back up all my PhD work and music. Both are ever growing collections....

posted by ptera on September 15th 2008 at 6:13pm
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I would back up all of my music--and there is a LOT.
I'd also back up all my important Word and Excel files, e-mail and Bookmarks.

posted by cezovski on September 15th 2008 at 6:15pm
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Free Agent Desk (Windows) for my photos

posted by nvtribefan on September 15th 2008 at 6:45pm
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free agent I would use it to store the millions of photos I have of my grandbabies :)

posted by blueeyeleo on September 15th 2008 at 6:55pm
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I would store my pictures and all of my music.
Thanks for the fantastic giveaway.

posted by SeahorseLady on September 15th 2008 at 7:08pm
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I'd like the little red one to go. Great place to store photos on vacation, or work files during the year!

posted by JeninLB on September 15th 2008 at 7:34pm
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Family photos! They're the only things you can't replace.

posted by Joan in SB on September 15th 2008 at 8:03pm
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Would you believe I'm working with 80 GB here on my MacBook Pro? I would absolutely love to expand with room for videos (finally HD!) and more music (there can always be more, right?) as well as more complete and secure backups (I could dust off Time Machine—it's been completely neglected).

Either solution would rule! The FreeAgent Go would slide nicely into my pack, but the Desk version is massively delicious…

posted by Banzai on September 15th 2008 at 8:27pm
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I'd use a FreeAgent Go to move big virtual machines and video files off my MacBook Pro.

posted by sk85 on September 15th 2008 at 8:43pm
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FreeAgent Desk to archives lots of photos and video.

posted by J.D. on September 15th 2008 at 9:03pm
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I guess odds are I'll probably transfer everything that's on my current harddrive over to it, and use my old external as a time-machine backup. So that would be a combination of music, tv shows/movies and back up files.

This seems like an apt time for a contest as my sister just had her hdd flake out on her.

posted by nonregulator on September 15th 2008 at 9:08pm
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I do a lot of graphics work, and can always use the extra storage...I would be interested in the FreeAgent Go for it's portability, but I would need it for Windows ;)

posted by Desiree on September 15th 2008 at 9:36pm
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I would save all my music and photo's from my mac!

posted by ishred on September 15th 2008 at 10:06pm
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I could certainly use more disk space for my pictures and music.

I think I'm a bit more partial to the FreeAgent Desk, but either would work. Windows version please!

posted by randomw on September 15th 2008 at 10:30pm
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Absolutely perfect for my MacMini Home Theater...!!! My 500Gig one is a bit too fat from eating all those films and tv shows...

posted by Fikiman on September 15th 2008 at 10:48pm
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Windows compatible, please. My video card has a TV tuner with dvr capability but my hard drive is insignificant. I would turn this beautiful peripheral into a dvr.

posted by aquart on September 15th 2008 at 11:30pm
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Mac or Windows? I'm on GNU/Linux! Either drive will work!

I would finally be able to backup my photos and music and place them off site.

posted by Vinh on September 15th 2008 at 11:45pm
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Free Agent Desk for Windows, Please.
Would use it to store all of our music!
THANKS :)

posted by mama43 on September 16th 2008 at 12:50am
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Free Agent Go for Mac - to store my growing collection of movies and tv shows.

posted by RichardinLA on September 16th 2008 at 1:07am
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Frequent backups, and work files for home video editing

posted by Reuven on September 16th 2008 at 1:18am
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FreeAgent Go for windows; my daughter is a violinist and has a huge collection of music, this would be perfect for backing up and taking with!

posted by anyang2 on September 16th 2008 at 1:31am
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FreeAgent Desk for Windows would be used for critical backup as well as music/video backup. Seagate is most often used in servers for a reason - they are more reliable and stable then the 'other' drive makers. This would make a nice addition. Thanks!

posted by skeezic on September 16th 2008 at 2:09am
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I have thousands and thousands of movies and photos stored on my computor As a mother to 7 and nana to 18 I take lots of memories and my biggest fear is losing them I really need this for my windows computor

blday50@yahoo.com

posted by blday50 on September 16th 2008 at 2:14am
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I have so many pictures on my pc video footage and files that are taking over my pc need to be put on a external drive and get back some much needeed spacebefore all is lost

posted by toughturtles on September 16th 2008 at 2:40am
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either drive would be greately appreciated but the bigger the better thanks

posted by toughturtles on September 16th 2008 at 2:43am
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Since I am a cpa there would be lots of tax returns and Quickbooks files.

posted by idahomom on September 16th 2008 at 2:47am
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Photos and music

posted by leona on September 16th 2008 at 3:15am
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For sure the FreeAgent Desk so I could have all of my music, HD TV shows, and HD movies streaming forever on the AppleTV. Then I wouldn't have to erase Ghost Dad to make room for the Adventures of Pluto Nash!

posted by tmcaley on September 16th 2008 at 3:23am
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pictures & edits
I use windows... :-( so I would need the win compatable

posted by tawnda on September 16th 2008 at 3:36am
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lots and lots of photos for my windows computer

posted by gervitsd on September 16th 2008 at 4:26am
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Music...tons of it...and music compositions.
Would love this for Windows please!

posted by ledford_house on September 16th 2008 at 4:57am
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I'd use it to back up all my photos, videos, and important personal and client data files. Pc-compatible, please.

posted by jellosheriff on September 16th 2008 at 5:01am
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I need room to store pictures and video. The video, especially, takes up a lot of disk space. I prefer the Windows equivalent for the Seagate FreeAgent Desk. Thanks.

posted by bgw1441 on September 16th 2008 at 5:03am
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I'd A] Backup my my music library, (Mostly culled from my CD collection that I recently freecycled) which currently occupies most of another 120GB external and B] Start making my DVD collection obsolete as well


Mac pleeze

posted by Enxu on September 16th 2008 at 5:11am
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Plan on using mine as storage for the upcoming vintage photo scan-a-thon of personal albums. Right now I've got about 3K done for myself and I'm kinda running out of space scanning slides, pictures and other photo artifacts at high resolutions. Can't imagine when I attach the family stuff, my mother alone has about 20 albums! FreeAgentDesk 1TB for Mac please...

posted by rmpenguino on September 16th 2008 at 5:16am
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I would love to have it to store our ever-growing music library, family pictures and the mega cookbook I'm compling. Who would have thought one book would take up so much space, lol. Windows equivalent for us, please

posted by happishopr on September 16th 2008 at 5:17am
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My genealogy research data and photos.

posted by mulkeyusa on September 16th 2008 at 5:24am
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I would certainly store my music and all the photos and photoshop images. If I had a desk version, I could start Time Machine up to make sure that I don't loose any pieces I may be working on, God forbid anything would happen. But knowing my luck, something would by the paws of a few feline companions of mine.

posted by Starvn Arteest on September 16th 2008 at 5:26am
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I do digital illustration and animation, so the FreeAgent Desk in a Windows equivalent would be awesome for backing up gigantic Photoshop files and ginormous 3d Max/Maya files!

posted by xiphoid on September 16th 2008 at 6:07am
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Desk version for an archive of old radio shows, music, photos and now maybe enough room for some video.

posted by Laurie on September 16th 2008 at 6:09am
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I would store pictures and music. I would want it in a window format. Thanks

posted by redron on September 16th 2008 at 6:10am
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FreeAgent Desk for Windows.
Music, movies, books.

posted by crashers525 on September 16th 2008 at 6:35am
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The Mac version of Desk. I need the back for storing my web sites and for OSX Time Machine.

posted by devacat on September 16th 2008 at 6:38am
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Freeagent Desk

Use a backup for all my pictures of my two year old daughter and our next baby were expecting in April of next year :)

Not to mention any other important documents and of course my MP3 collection.

posted by rrussou812 on September 16th 2008 at 6:44am
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Music, photos, documents...and more.

posted by DePro on September 16th 2008 at 7:13am
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I would save all my photo's

posted by llinda29 on September 16th 2008 at 7:30am
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Shiny! I would use it to store my VM images as well as movies, music, and photos.

posted by higleyjp on September 16th 2008 at 7:49am
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I would use the Mac version of the Go for storing my expanding collection of music, which I use to DJ. The Macbook Pro hard drive just ain't cutting it any more. :(

posted by vimmy on September 16th 2008 at 8:04am
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I would need the Windows-compatible equivalent, and I would store all my important/priceless photos!
thanks for the contest.

posted by peatheski on September 16th 2008 at 8:18am
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I would need the Windows version of Go and I would use it to store music and videos.

posted by mommapat on September 16th 2008 at 8:19am
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The 1TB drive would be a perfect paring with my iMac with that FW800 connection. I'd use it to store my wife's photography and back up everything else on it.

posted by Trump48257 on September 16th 2008 at 8:41am
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writing manuscripts-I lost a lot of rough drafts from Cp crashes-one that works with windows please, the bigger the better

posted by rubytom on September 16th 2008 at 8:45am
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we have a growing music collection and this would be great.

posted by jffryclough on September 16th 2008 at 9:02am
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We have tons of digital pictures (of our new son) and purchased music that isn't backed up... and my computer is dying. An external drive is exactly what I need!
I can't decide which I would prefer, but I would need the Windows version of either. If I was hard pressed to decide, I'd probably go with greater storage capacity (at least 1T) over portability.

posted by AngelMonkey on September 16th 2008 at 9:54am
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I would save my movies and photos. I'd like the Mac Desk version. Thanks!

posted by SusanFay on September 16th 2008 at 9:57am
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I would use it to back up my business files. The system I am using is very cumbersome. Windows

posted by midnightblu on September 16th 2008 at 10:47am
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I do a lot of archival work, and the more space, the better: I would love a FreeAgent Desk to help manage the continual onslaught of media material!

posted by yumansun on September 16th 2008 at 10:48am
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I would use the FreeAgent Go (Windows-compatible) for storage of my precious photos. Thanks for the giveaway!

posted by RobsGirl123 on September 16th 2008 at 10:51am
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I would love the terabyte or more for my mac. I have a huge music collection that grows by the week. I would love to hook it up to my extreme and share the music with everyone in the house. I am starting download movies to in hd so that will take some space. Thanks!!!

posted by tme13 on September 16th 2008 at 11:33am
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i want to win

posted by maweisberg on September 16th 2008 at 11:37am
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I am going to use it to store music but mainly photos and my wife's medical school information.

posted by hondasvx on September 16th 2008 at 12:03pm
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I would back up my PowerBook which has just just 1.3MB left, btw much of what is on my PB are PDFs I make of my favorite AT articles ;)

posted by tokyomix on September 16th 2008 at 12:20pm
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I just somehow fried my hard drive on my Mac. I wish I would have had this to back up...maybe I can make a habit of it...soooooon? With this thingggg?

posted by shoveland on September 16th 2008 at 12:38pm
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FreeAgent Desk for Mac

My 500 gig LaCie is filling up with all my movies, music, photos and projects so another 500 gigs or so would be a welcome addition.

posted by Eric Sook on September 16th 2008 at 12:43pm
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So much to store...photos, music, and this would free up my internal hard drive.

posted by RoChaCha1 on September 16th 2008 at 1:40pm
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backing up pictures

posted by chromiumman on September 16th 2008 at 1:45pm
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I do art and graphics on a Mac (Apple) laptop and need to store all my work and photos and textures and art and add-ons....it is really just too much. I could actually use a huge desk model for everything and a large portable to manhandle a working storage access library for all my on the job ventures. This is a great chance to conquer part of the problem. Look forward to winning!

posted by cupofkona on September 16th 2008 at 2:31pm
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I would use the Windows drive to back up the home movies I've been taking of my 9 week old daughter.

posted by scojo on September 16th 2008 at 2:32pm
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I just recently bought a Macbook with 250 gig hard drive. I started transferring my files from my old Windows desktop. I did not realize that I had that much media and I dont wanna clutter my Macbook. I was debating on buying a time capsule but the reviews were very mixed. This would complement my Macbook very well if I won! I hope I win...but good luck to everyone, this would be a great addition to anyone's Mac or Windows setup.

posted by sparty22 on September 16th 2008 at 2:55pm
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Easy answer! I'd use the portable drive so I'd be able to bring my Aperture library with me. And I suppose some music would be nice to have along as well!

posted by yakimushi on September 16th 2008 at 3:21pm
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I would use this to back up my digital image archive of family photos.
I would need a PC version.

posted by kphee on September 16th 2008 at 4:28pm
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I need that windows / pc one. I bought a back up from ebay and well it's just too small to back up my system. Been a little paranoid since that black out a few years back.

posted by b003 on September 16th 2008 at 4:44pm
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I need the FreeAgent desk to store my PowerPoint presentations.

posted by yadgirl on September 16th 2008 at 5:07pm
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I would use the FreeAgent Desk (windows) for pictures and videos!

posted by JaniceJ on September 16th 2008 at 5:15pm
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Pictures and pictures and more pictures!

Windows please

posted by kimbly on September 16th 2008 at 6:41pm
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This would be great for movies and music on my home network. Need the windows version of freeagent desk tho.

posted by DiscoStu on September 16th 2008 at 6:57pm
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It would be great for my photography (and Heroes season 3...)

posted by GG on September 16th 2008 at 7:02pm
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I would def use the FreeAgent Desk to (re-) re-backup my neg and contact sheet archives from the last (and first!) two years of my work in photography. As the files pile up, I find it nearly impossible to be decisive about which images to lay to rest in order to make room for the new... which has, in turn, created a bit of an external drive pile-up. Oh well!

posted by jeyvda on September 16th 2008 at 7:17pm
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I have a large music collection and would be great to back them up

posted by Ardy22 on September 16th 2008 at 7:20pm
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I would use the 1TB drive on my PC to store all of my web design files that I need to backup. This drive would give me a better solution to ensure that I don't loose any of my client's data. I'd also use the 1TB (because it so big) to store my music and photos.

posted by dustinbrewer on September 16th 2008 at 9:42pm
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I'd like to win the freeagent pro since it is so portable. I'd have to format it for windows and I'd like to use it at work for when I need to uncompressed ghost images (pushes down to the machine faster) around or complete some imaging off-site.

posted by Aaron Bretveld on September 16th 2008 at 10:04pm
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Thanks for the Giveaway...had a bit of a hard drive "issue" this past week (first time I have ever a problem with a Mac in over 20 years of using & abusing them) and I had not backed up my stuff. I was very lucky to be able to retrieve most of it but I lost some important things i.e. photos, documents, music, etc. Never again !!! I have been shopping around for a storage solution for my Mac and these two new drives certainly fit the bill: I would love to get my hands on either one but the FreeAgent Go looks to have the most utility for my needs...Good Luck everyone !!!

posted by Brian E. on September 16th 2008 at 11:41pm
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I'd back up all my music, books, and graphics on the Seagate FreeAgent Desk. :)

posted by MissPita on September 16th 2008 at 11:52pm
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I would leave it empty. They're too precious to be filled with any files.

posted by Clap on September 17th 2008 at 3:14am
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I would back my website, pictures and documents on the FreeAgent Go (Windows-compatible).

posted by Michael4 on September 17th 2008 at 4:47am
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The most important thing on my computer by far would be the photos, and written stories (documents) by my daughter.

posted by harmonden on September 17th 2008 at 5:36am
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picx as they always take more spaces every where else
herry123_us@live.com

posted by hkgandhi on September 17th 2008 at 6:28am
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This would be so great for backing up all my pictures and home videos of my family. I would love to win the Windows-compatible FreeAgent.

posted by wmvoss on September 17th 2008 at 6:41am
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I would love the FreeAgent Desk to store my pictures and videos!

posted by jnkrim on September 17th 2008 at 8:05am
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I'd love the Mac-compatible Free Agent Desk to back up everything on my computer - pics, videos, etc.

posted by mistablitz on September 17th 2008 at 10:57am
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I would love either drive (Windows/NTFS version please). Seagate drives are great. Lately I have been reading a lot about the concept of the digital dark age and plan to use this drive to help preserve some personal history (at least until the next mass storage medium arrives!).

posted by Red Baron on September 17th 2008 at 12:42pm
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If I had one of these drivers I would store all of my digital artwork for that day on them. I use fractals to create artwork from my original photography. I capture images that I love and then turn those images into art that looks totally surreal from what I originally captured. My files end up being fairly large sometimes and I really can use the extra storage space for each days work because many times I am working on the road. My choice for driver would be the FreeAgent Go for Mac. Thanks for this great giveaway!

posted by joannaonthelake on September 17th 2008 at 2:11pm
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pictures and music
I use Windows

posted by mishmish on September 17th 2008 at 2:47pm
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Windows-compatible - Family Pictures!

posted by Tig on September 17th 2008 at 3:46pm
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Pictures of my cat P-Nut. From my Mac.

posted by Pipecock on September 17th 2008 at 3:58pm
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Family genealogical items including letters, pictures and other documents will be put onto this if I happen to win.

posted by rkrmpg on September 17th 2008 at 5:20pm
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with FreeAgent for PC i can backup all my home made movies

posted by supermax on September 17th 2008 at 5:23pm
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FreeAgent Desk. I'd store all my music. Thanks

posted by joanne117 on September 17th 2008 at 5:23pm
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I would use this to save my school work to.

posted by Christal E on September 17th 2008 at 5:38pm
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I would definitely want the biggest one available (for a MAC of course!) to store the zillions of pictures my husband takes (and all of the movies that he rips to the hard drive!)

posted by Mom2Ways on September 17th 2008 at 5:44pm
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I would use this to store my growing number of family photos and music. Windows-compatible please! Thanks! :)

posted by bramy010105 on September 17th 2008 at 5:53pm
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I'd use this to store my digital photos and my family history research stuff such as certificates, newspaper articles, old photos, etc. Actually, my hard drive just totally died on me and I lost some of my more recent photos/etc b/c I hadn't backed it up recently. This would really help me out in case that ever would happen again! I would love to win a Windows compatible one! Thank you for the chance!

posted by disneyfan on September 17th 2008 at 6:01pm
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I'd love to have a FreeAgent Desk, for two reasons.

1) My husband and I do a lot of graphic design. I'd love to move the completed projects to a portable hard drive, instead of relying on dozens of CDs for storage and back-ups.

2) We live in hurricane central. If we need to evacuate, the nifty FreeAgent Desk would fit in the car a lot easier than the desktop.

Thanks,
dahlia[at]tmlindsey[dot]com

posted by Taminar on September 17th 2008 at 6:02pm
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I'd use FreeAgent desk to store all my music. I could use a new, and larger backup disk than I currently use.

posted by Jay F on September 17th 2008 at 7:53pm
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I'm running out of room on my iBook 'cause I have so much music and too many T.V. shows. I like the looks of the FreeAgent Go, but I'd prefer the FreeAgent Desk from its higher capacity.

posted by MrAlb on September 17th 2008 at 9:34pm
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I would use it for photos, windows please.

posted by robt276 on September 17th 2008 at 10:02pm
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Really need to backup my large MP3 collection. Only 20 gigabytes worth, so not crazy big, but it took me 10 years to collect all these mp3s and I don't have a safe backup of them anywhere.

posted by ropeadope on September 18th 2008 at 12:14am
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for pictures

posted by intime on September 18th 2008 at 12:39am
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As a semiprofessional photographer who has always been Mac-only, the FreeAgent Desk model sounds like it would be perfect for daily backups of the hundreds of photos I take every week.

posted by Frank F. on September 18th 2008 at 1:22am
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I would use the FreeAgent Desk to store my wife's photos and stories as well as the music I create.

posted by trumpetguy on September 18th 2008 at 2:39am
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Photos

posted by djohnson21 on September 18th 2008 at 3:39am
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The Windows one for my mega huge music library!

posted by Wolfsoul on September 18th 2008 at 4:05am
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I would have space for my fotos!!!!
I use Windows.

posted by Red1 on September 18th 2008 at 4:11am
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W00t W0oT more storage for my windows..hahaha!

posted by neo on September 18th 2008 at 4:15am
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I would use the FreeAgent Desk for Windows to store video, family pics and music.

posted by charleybrwn13 on September 18th 2008 at 6:30am
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I'll be storing my iPhoto Library, which consists of tens of thousands of pictures of my amazing and adorable niece and nephews.

posted by Laurie 11201 on September 18th 2008 at 7:49am
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I'm not completely computer illiterate but I might as well be because I have no idea which would be a better choice. I'm operating on 2 computers, one XP and one Vista.
I love to download music and save my favorite TV shows so I could save those and still have room for family photos.

posted by willitara on September 18th 2008 at 8:26am
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I need the windows-compatible equivalent because I have a Dell that is slow slow I want to toss it. Thanks for the contest.

posted by yohanna on September 18th 2008 at 8:33am
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The would store all my photographs from my family and my first trip to Europe on the Windows compatible Seagate. It would be comforting to know they are in a safe place!

posted by honeypie411 on September 18th 2008 at 8:44am
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I would store my family's history-photos etc. and I am sure my daughter would want to store all of her music. I would like the windows-compatible. garrettsambo@aol.com

posted by purango53 on September 18th 2008 at 8:50am
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Back up critical information on our IMac!

posted by jcpawlik on September 18th 2008 at 10:32am
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I'd back up everything -- password program, photos, movies -- and my daughter's music. We're Windows people -- I used Macs in the pre-internet days, but just don't like it now.

posted by madampince on September 18th 2008 at 11:29am
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FeeAgent Desk for Windows please! I went through a terrible loss of data at the beginning of the year when my hard drive got damaged. I hadn't been backing up like I should. I really need somewhere to store all of my photos, music, and files.

posted by redjennschroed on September 18th 2008 at 11:42am
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What seems to fill my hard drive the fastest is my videos and anime. That's what I would put on an external drive. I find that one can never have too much storage space, so if the 1.5 Tb FreeAgent Desk for Windows is offered, that's what I would like .. or as big a FreeAgent Desk as possible. (for Windows) .
Thanks

posted by rubbermonkey on September 18th 2008 at 2:11pm
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My laptop's hard drive is full with music (itunes)
and pictures I take with my digital camera and
need more room and love to make a full backup
before something bad happens Wil

posted by wil2ya on September 18th 2008 at 2:20pm
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FreeAgent Desk: family pictures

posted by jmahurin40 on September 18th 2008 at 3:41pm
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Music but also my pictures I got a new camera but have no storage for my photo's left on my computer.

posted by jo1brat on September 18th 2008 at 3:56pm
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I would definitely have to agree about backing up all my music. Then I would go from there with all of that storage capacity.

I would like to win whatever the Windows equivilent for the Free Agent Desk model would be.

posted by ewalsh on September 18th 2008 at 4:06pm
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I'm going to begin video editing soon and need a lot of space to save my movies! I would like to win whatever the Windows equivilent for the Free Agent Desk model would be.

Thank you so much! I'm crossing my fingers!

posted by LadyJemima on September 18th 2008 at 4:23pm
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i'd like the FreeAgent desk for windows! and i'd use it to store movies and iso files

posted by samanthapayntr on September 18th 2008 at 5:21pm
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As a filmmaker, I will store all the video data that I plan to edit.

posted by blykowsky on September 18th 2008 at 5:40pm
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Music ! Lot's of music ! And pics and vids !

Windows please. Thanks !

posted by oddestballofall on September 18th 2008 at 5:54pm
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I would store back-ups on either.

posted by donnak4 on September 18th 2008 at 6:13pm
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The freeagent Please

I sure need a backup for all my important files

posted by the old bear on September 18th 2008 at 7:28pm
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I would prefer the FreeAgent Go for Mac, but either would be fine. I would store movies, photos, music, completed Autocad projects and other projects on it so that I could free up some space on my MacBook.

posted by zhasmene on September 20th 2008 at 11:06am
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