Acomdata hard drives? Other suggestions?

I've been shopping for an external hard drive now that my Iomega has crapped out. I didn't do my research so I guess I deserved it. I can access my music but not my programs so maybe I can salvage a little bit.

Anyway, is there anything wrong with Acomdata? This one in particular

http//www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822216032

Firewire and 500 GB sound good to me and the price seems fair. Anyone have any suggestions or hot deals? 8) +KMA

It's a fair price for a Firewire drive I guess, but I prefer to build my own. They all use standard interfaces with standard HDD's so there's not a lot of difference between them other than case construction (some are flimsy, some are sturdy, some are flashy, etc.).

I just bought a 500GB WD 16MB cache drive in an eSATA/USB enclosure for $128 shipped. eSATA pwns them all, as it will run at the same speed as an internal SATA drive. I don't know if eSATA is an option on many Mac's though (you did say you had a Mac, didn't you?).

Building my own might not be something I would want to do though, not too good at that, hah. I was hoping to hear some nightmare stories. I might just be safe and buy a MyBook...