External hd

[RDR]

Since my harddrive on my laptop is getting full, I was thinking of buying an external one to store my data on. But there are a few things I'm a bit worried about.
First of all. Is there a big difference between USB and FW. I want to use USB cause my firewire port is allready taken by my interface. Ok, you can use a hub, but won't these interfere with one another, affecting speeds and such.
Also, wich manufacterer do you guys recommend ?

firewire is great for audio...but i believe usb2.0 is faster for straight data.

not 100% sure though, so maybe someone can correct me...

about your interface...i know my maudio firewire 410 will NOT let you use the other firewire port if it is in use. might want to check on that...

Thats right. the FW410 is very twitchy when its comes to buss b/w usage.