Compaq SCSI external cable

Advantages: fast,simple,easy,good price
Disadvantages: none so far

...and decided that I would go far a Hewlett Packard Drive. Now this is another important decision, external drives require some kind of connection to the back of your PC. Now the 2 most common are, USB and SCSI. USB, (Universal Serial Bus) is new fairly new technology for connecting multiple devices to your PC, The theory is, that you plug in the device (can be anything from a keyboard, mouse to speakers, printers and even CD Writers!), and then your computer will set it up for, you, asking for any supplied disks, and then your ready to go, without restarting your PC. USB limits a speed of about 600 kb/sec. If you don’t understand, it basically means, that the fastest time you could write your CD is around 20 minutes, for a whole disk. Although some jobs may take you only a couple of minutes. Now SCSI is much faster, it can achieve speeds... Read review

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Advantages: Compact Size, Durability, Speed
Disadvantages: HP Support, Discontinued...

...forgot to include, so if you find any not listed here or in the printer’s specification, please be kind to send it to me to include it into my review. Thanks :) -- Inside The Box When you get the printer, and open the box you will find: • HP LaserJet 6L Printer model C3990A • Power cord for the printer • HP LaserJet Toner cartridge (really I can’t remember if I got this when I got the printer or not, but I suppose they include one when u get a printer, any how if you didn’t get one, then I have the worst memory in the world). • Sheet of printer labels in many languages including Chinese • Some disks labeled drivers or something • Some documents including some brochures and the user’s manual. NOTE: I don’t know why HP doesn’t include an IEEE-1284 Compliant Parallel cable, but anyhow you must this cable because the printer... Read review

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Advantages: Very portable, Easy to Use
Disadvantages: Extra plug socket needed

...Having two seperate office locations, my company got fed up of having to burn CD's to transfer large amounts of data from one place to another. This worked out OK for a while, but with a CD only being able to store up to 700MB, we were spending quite a lot of time burning the disks, so an external HDD was in order. We had used external SCSI disks in the past, but there were a few disadvantages involved, namely having to physically shut the computer down to remove the device and then having to shut down the second machine to attach the disk at the second place. The price for SCSI disks are still a bit expensive as well. We got hold of this external drive, and our work methods were transformed overnight. No more restarting machines or burning cd's, just plug it in and copy as if it was an internal disk. Installation was very... Read review

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