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Supported Tape Cartridges (Read and Write): AIT-3, AIT-3Ex, AIT-4, AIT-5
Recording Standard: AIT-3, AIT-4, AIT-3Ex, AIT-5
Data Transfer Rate (native): 24 MBps ( 86.4 GBph )
Average Seek / Access Time: 14 sec
Buffer Size: 96 MB
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Sony's worldwide reputation for creating unique, attractive, high-quality, advanced technology products rests on a long line of innovations embraced by people from all walks of life. With a diverse product lineup serving a variety of lifestyles and industries, Sony continuously strives to introduce new products and technologies to meet changing market needs.
Advantages: small, lots of storage and really reliable Disadvantages: less portable than a small form hard disk drive, needs main to use
...This is my second hard drive. The first one I bought was a sony vaio that I bought off of ebay - a portable 120GB hard disk drive from the far east. It started giving me disk read and write errors about three to four months after I bought it. Moral of the story, buy from a reputable manufacturer and seller.
So I bought this from Amazon co uk, who are by far a superior online seller. Prices have come down and i managed to get this for £60 including free delivery. The drive is compact, not portable.
It needs to be plugged into mains as well as the computer which makes it less portable, but it is so quiet I can't even hear that is switched on even when it is writing or reading. I would highly recommend this product or even one of the bigger sized ones, though I couldn't afford the 1TB mybook.
Remember 500GB is marketing, actual...
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Advantages: Style, Sleek Disadvantages: Heavy, Poor TV Turner
...This is the new Sony VAIO RA204 is the ultimate in cutting edge design and superior performance. I personally love to shape and design of the computer, as it is very sleek and modern.
The Specs
RAM:
1GB (installed) / 2 GB (max) - DDR SDRAM - 400 MHz - PC3200
This is a lot of ram but does come in handy when using big files on your computer such as playing big long movies.
Audio Output:
Sound card - 5.1 channel surround.
Nice big sound card very useful for audio editing like music voids and other audio files.
Hard Drive:
1 x 400GB - standard - Serial ATA-150
Bit to big hard drive for me I only use about 180GB of it. But again very useful for heavy video files and big games such as The Sims 2.
Video Input:
TV tuner
This is very useful because I don’t need a separate TV. This particular TV tuner is of poor quality though.
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Advantages: 1 Terrabyte Disadvantages: not portable - but who cares
...This is a bargain that i couldn't pass up without buying. 1TB should keep me going for several years and more.
I bought this hard drive for £101 and it has been a pleasure to use. It's a doddle to set up and install and the fast rate of transfer makes file sharing very efficient and easy.
Design
The portable hard drive comes in an attractive silver case that has USB2 and FireWire 400 ports. It is a desktop drive and cant really be moved around due to its size.
Installation
The instructions were easy to follow and it installed by windows wizard as soon as i plugged it in, so within 20 minutes i was backing up my files.
Performance
Performance is good for a portable hard disk, and there was no real difference in speed between the two interfaces. T
Features
It doesn't ship with backup software, just file-synchronisation software...
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The Sony vaio is a device you can get for£ 500 or less. This is quite a notebook and it is very competence and efficient. It has a very stylish looks and has as very good graphics in terms of picture quality and brightness. I got mine some couple of... more
I am a great fan of sony portable music players. The first portable player i purchased was a standard sony walkman and have gone right through the sony cd player and minidisc eras. Each one has been reliable and a joy to use. They have a great shelf... more
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20.03.2008
05.11.2007
