Maxtor Basics Personal Storage 3200 320 GB > Reviews

Advantages: A decent capacity, pretty cheap, vertically mounted
Disadvantages: Not really all that portable, can be a bit noisy for a bedroom, it's grey!

...I came back with the Maxtor 3200 320Gb after parting with 70 portraits of the Queen. Now those of you who want a sleek looking box that you can admire, you're going to be disappointed. It's got pretty understated packaging. It's basically a brown cardboard box with a little sleeve on it that tells you what's in the box (the drive, the USB 2.0 cable, a stand and the power supply) and that's it. Thankfully the unit is a bit better. It's about ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap Large Capacity Drive
Disadvantages: As the name states it's Basic!

Maxtor 320 Gb External I have noticed over the past couple of years that I have been accumulating an ever increasing digital library, I have had my current computer almost 4 years now it came with an 80gig hard drive which I later supplemented by adding a further 80 gigabit drive. All well and good for a year or two but recently I have found myself burning ever more data to compact disc/DVD in order to save space on the installed drives. This ... Read review

Advantages: Could hold up to 300 GB of storage
Disadvantages: The only one is standing it somewhere, not maxtors fault

...to use is as follows:. The Maxtor has 16 MB Cache/7200 RPM It can also store 230,000 JPEG photos or 21 hrs of DV video or 5000 hrs of MP3 music obviously with the Maxtor can take combinations of each on it's huge memory. It can be used on a Windows - compatible PC or laptop The Size on the packaging is: 1.77 x 5.11 x 8.89 inches or 45 x 130 x 226 mm To check this I have just measured my maxtor and the actual unit I have measures: 40 ... Read review

Advantages: Easy, affordable
Disadvantages: None

...of falled and broken. As Maxtor is using USB port the data transfer speed is quite good. Its just like when we are copying and pasting data from one folder to another, its really like that easy. I have purchased it in December 2006 in after christmas sales from PC World in nearly £80 and since then I am using it constantly without any problem. It is used like my regualr hard disk attached with my computer. Its good for everyone, either ... Read review