Advantages: Maximizes the amount of data vs the cost of the product Disadvantages: heat issues, cord connectivity, and small installation problems.
Some people call me ignorant for using Maxtor, but I honestly only order Maxtor for my hard drives. Now the only downside to the Maxtor 500GB is that it is an external drive that, if not careful, can overheat and cause connectivity problems, transfer speed issues, or just annoyance from when the usb gets knocked out. That being said, if you can get past the downside of have an external I would recommend this product to anyone not using a Mac. The only reason I do not recommend this to Mac owners is because Mac is the only type of computer that I myself will not touch. I have filled this thing up to about half it potential and when I do manage to full it up, I will write agian to let you know the outcome. ...
very easy to have the drive run from a different PC if I wanted to.
The offer with DABS was actually very good, in that the cost of the drive was going to be less than that for an internal 500GB SATAII drive, bargain !
I placed the order ( and I have to say, was very happy with the ordering / delivery process ) and I received the drive within 2 days.
Once received, you can see that the product is very well packaged ( which is something I am very keen on, it shows that the product will be well protected during transport - not very good for us Eco-Friendly people, but the majority of packaging was cardboard containers, so its all recyclable - which is a plus )
Once you open up the box, (which also has a security seal on to show whether its been tampered with - which is also good ) you see the following
FreeAgent desktop drive ...
Advantages: cheap - all that it is Disadvantages: poor structure, prone to overheating, not reliable
Out shopping for a new external hard drive the Seagate FreeAgent Desktop caught my eye. It looked appealing with a massive 500GBs and 5 year limited warrenty as standard. I thought it was great value for money.
The dimensions are (WxDxH) 4 cm x 16.2 cm x 19 cm and it is 0.9kg in weight.
This product is black in colour with a yellow strip of light which is constantly on, though it isn't too bright so i had no problems there. It's Interface Type is Hi-Speed USB and has a Data Transfer Rate of 480 Mbps. Also has a Spindle Speed of 7200 rpm.
These are also compatible with the following -
OS Required Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Apple MacOS X 10.3.9 or later, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple MacOS X 10.4.6 or later
This all sounded promising.
After getting home ...
Product Information for "FUJITSU HandyDrive IV 500 500 GB" »
Performance
Interface Transfer Rate
480 Mbps
Seek Time
12 ms (average)
Spindle Speed
4200 rpm
Manufacturer's product description
Offering everything you could possibly want from external storage; Fujitsu's portable HandyDrive is compact, shock resistant and will operate via plug and play through your USB port. The HandyDrive is a highly reliable and secure device enabling fast and easy back up of your data for archival, transportation or exchange purposes, perfect for all your work files, multimedia applications, photos, videos, MPs and so on. Secure this data by preventing unauthorized access with the bundled password lock tool application.
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