External drives, NAS

[j-dawg]

Hey y'all.

I'm going to be buying myself an external 500GB drive and I've got to choose one of the billions available.

I like the Seagate drives because they've got that five-year warranty.

But Fry's is having a sale on a WD 500GB NAS. I'd like the NAS functionality but I won't be able to use it right away, so it's not big deal if I haven't got it now. Still, nice to have for when I can use it. So my question is, is there some sort of device that would let me effectively and easily turn an external USB drive into a NAS unit that doesn't cost more than $20-30? If so, I'd just buy the Seagate now and go for that device later.

Otherwise, any suggestions? Should I avoid the Seagate for any reason?

Thanks.

 

[axan]

there is no cheapo device that allows to make usb drive network accessible. As for seagate drives there are very nice, personally I prefer wd but I use both and they are both good. Seagates do have longer warranty if that's important to you.