Imation Corp. QIC 2.5 GB

Advantages: Huge capacity, reasonably fast, 5 year warranty
Disadvantages: Not the fastest

...My laptop, a Dell 5150 is a fine machine (see review elsewhere on Ciao) but the 80Gb hard drive whilst big for a laptop is starting to get a bit cramped now I have both Windows XP and Vista on it so I've started looking around for a second hard drive so I can put Vista on one and leave XP on the other and then swap drives as needed. Luckily, following a previous hard drive failure, I have a spare caddy that the laptop needs so swapping drives would be a quick task, assuming I keep the tiny screwdriver needed handy in my rucksack! Laptop hard drives are smaller than normal - 2.5inch as opposed to 3.5 inch and tend to be at a price premium compared to the 'normal' sized drives, especially the bigger ones. They also tend to be much slower as they run at 4200RPM instead of 5600 or even 7200RPM that desktop ones run at. The reason being... Read review

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Advantages: 250GB Lots of memory, Low power consumption, Cheap
Disadvantages: 2.5-inch limits it to USUALLY Laptops but can be used in desktop computers

...Fairly decent hard-drive. Western Digital are a well trusted company, especially for computer equipment. 250GB is a massive storage device, you could store ALOT and with low power consumption makes it even better. Looking at the prices too this is a real bargin! I really recommend this hard-drive, the real-time data protection will help if your computer ever shuts off. It is also a 2.5-inch hard-drive which usually associates with laptops, however there are some desktop computers which could use this. If you did want to buy this for a desktop computer but your computer could only use 3.5-inch then you could buy an external hard-drive shell which could plug straight into your computer OR laptop through USB or Firewire. Overall I think this is a very nice hard-drive and a good bargin at the price it's avaliable for.... Read review

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Advantages: versatile and an excellent performer
Disadvantages: built quality

...of the imate is the qwerty keyboard that is included tucked away neatly under a sliding mechanism that helps to make this product as compact as possible but at the same time making it versatile and easy to use. Product Specification- Network -GSM 850 / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 Size - 108mm x 58 mm x 24 mm Weight -160 g Display -TFT touchscreen, 65K colors interface-Built-in full QWERTY keyboard Ringtones-Polyphonic , MP3 Vibration Card slot -miniSD memory - 64MB SDRAM 128 MB ROM processor- Texas Instruments OMAP 850, 200 Mhz processor Data -GPRS 32 - 48 kbps WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Bluetooth v2.0 Infrared port USB , miniUSB OS- Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 PocketPC Messaging- SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging Browser Games Yes Camera 1.3 MP... Read review

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