Note: I updated this post on 28 Sep­tem­ber 2008 to reflect new options and bet­ter prices. I’ve been need­ing a new exter­nal hard drive myself for a while now and after con­sid­er­able research and delib­er­a­tion, I selected one that did the trick. This drive is by Fan­tom and the reviews are con­sis­tently very good. The com­pany also appears to…