Drives > Other Drives > 512 MB and higher

Advantages: Fast Backup, Nice and Compact, Very Easy To Use
Disadvantages: Limited backup capabilities, bundled software is terrible

...Device Type: Iomega REV drive Expansion / Connectivity ````````````````````````````````` Interfaces: 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 PIN USB Type B Manufacturer Warranty ``````````````````````````````` Service & Support Details: Limited warranty - 2 years Software / System Requirements `````````````````````````````````````````````` System Requirements Details: Pentium II - 333 MHz - RAM 128 MB - HD 100 MB OS Required: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft ...
...Software Included: Drivers & Utilities, Iomega Automatic Backup Pro Environmental Parameters ````````````````````````````````````` Humidity Range Operating 8 - 90% Max Operating Temperature 45 °C Min Operating Temperature 0 °C Media Type: Iomega REV Average Seek / Access Time: 13 ms Data Transfer Rate: 60 MBps (external) / 25.4 MBps (internal) Capacity: 35 GB Setup ```````` Now providing your system meets the recommended requirements you should ... Read review

Advantages: Fast, robust
Disadvantages: Expensive

The Iomega Jaz drive is a good solution for those who want to exchange dynamic data from one computer to another. The Jaz drive is a fairly quick device. It is not as fast as a harddisk, but certainly quicker than a tape or a CD-ROM. You can use a Jaz disk as a booting device, which gives you the opportunity to work with several operating systems. Do not use a Jaz-disk as a permanent storage device. The disks are quite expensive and need to be refreshed ...
...CD is much more suitable. But for dynamically exchanging data a Jaz-drive is very nice. Disadvantage of the Jaz is its noise. The disk rotates at high speed in the Jaz-player that makes a high rustling sound. If the Jaz is in its standby state it is sometimes not approachable. You have to eject and insert it again to get access to the data. Another disadvantage is its price. If you want to use a Jaz drive for permanent storage of data, you better ... Read review

Advantages: Now cheap, reasonable data volumes, easy to use
Disadvantages: new media hard to obtain, old technology

...I speak of the Syquest SyJet 1.5Gb removable disk drive. Nowadays, in a world obsessed by CD and DVD technology, it's easy to mock parallel port devices that present a 'virtual SCSI' interface to your PC or Mac, and use moderately expensive and highly obscure media - but these are still useful bits of kit to have around. Mention 'removable storage' and two names immediately spring to mind; Iomega with their ZIP drive and SyQuest. The SyJet 1.5Gb ...
...in the opening paragraph. The full kit comprises of a SCSI external disk drive, in a plastic enclosure which can stand vertically or horizontally on your desktop, a 'power brick' and a parallel to SCSI interface cable, and driver software. The removable disks consist of two circular platters mounted in a rigid plastic casing, around 1cm thick and just about the same size as a 3.5" floppy disk. The nominal capacity of this media is stated as 1.5Gb, ... Read review

Advantages: "works" with Mac and Windows
Disadvantages: Too many to list.

...work... (using Taiyo Yuden media bought from Microboards authorised retailers) >Manuals... inexistent! After days of bugging their support, a PDF was emailed over... > Support - rude and unhelpful most of the time. Takes days to get anything out of them In short? Stay well clear from this product! ... Read review

Advantages: Fast Write speeds, wide compatibilty, 20 speed dvd writing and CHEAP
Disadvantages: Not any that i've experienced!!

I found this to be an excellent drive as i picked up one for around £30 and that was when it came out(last year, june). I think that this is an excellent drive for the fact it has a wide range of DVD and CD writing features; 20 speed writing, my favourite feature is the light scribe feature which allows you to design your own cd labels on a special 'lightscribe disc'. The Drive was also quiet, but not too quiet. I found the OEM Box that the drive ... Read review