Hmac, did you see a need for a fan (even though the grille would seem to give it good cooling)? What tools are needed to put it together?
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Hmac, did you see a need for a fan (even though the grille would seem to give it good cooling)? What tools are needed to put it together?
~Tim~ =^.^=
I also like the NewerTech v3 models from OWC. They have a small size, lots of inputs including a hub built-in and comes with just an enclosure or with drive. You can stack these in a fairly small space too.
Disagree. FW, and particularly FW800 is substantially faster than USB 2.0. You can't boot from eSATA, so it's a poor choice for a bootable clone. My preference is for a quad interface case: FW800/400, eSATA, and USB 2.0. I have yet to see any decent ethernet implementations.
Disagree again. I prefer cases that are cooled via passive radiation. I don't need the fan noise, and the 3 external drives that I have of this nature don't seem to miss the fan. 2 of the cases are a couple of years old, and the drives inside are more like 4 years old. No failures.
No fan necessary...and I didn't want the noise. Assembly only required a T10 Torx, which was included.
Assembly and user manuals for the OWC externals can be found here...
Don't buy an external hard drive, rather buy an enclosure and a hard drive and put the two together.
Enclosures vary according your needs, but I like Western Digital GreenPower hard drives as they run exceptionally cool and quiet. (and als0 liek saev enargee 111!!!111one!!!eleven!!11)
Enclosures vary according your needs, but I like Western Digital GreenPower hard drives as they run exceptionally cool and quiet. (and als0 liek saev enargee 111!!!111one!!!eleven!!11)
I agree about external enclosures. I favor the OWC Mercury Elite Pro, however, with Firewire 400/800 and USB.
This is the first time that I have encountered the concept of an enclosure for hard drives. Given that my 2nd Maxtor one touch 300Gig is about to pack up on me with less than a year's use I was reading this post in the hope of finding a better alternative. The concept of an enclosure intrigues me, but what are the benefits over an external drive please?
Is this a good one? http://www.amazon.com/LaCie-301825U...ref=dp_ob_title?ie=UTF8&qid=1211768514&sr=8-1
I am new to Mac and to backing-up in general, so most of this thread is Greek to me. I just want to maintain a "clone" of my MacBook, and I want it to be reasonably quiet.
Not sure if this is what I am looking for... thoughts?
I am new to Mac and to backing-up in general, so most of this thread is Greek to me. I just want to maintain a "clone" of my MacBook, and I want it to be reasonably quiet.
Not sure if this is what I am looking for... thoughts?
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Is this a good one? http://www.amazon.com/LaCie-301825U...ref=dp_ob_title?ie=UTF8&qid=1211768514&sr=8-1
I am new to Mac and to backing-up in general, so most of this thread is Greek to me. I just want to maintain a "clone" of my MacBook, and I want it to be reasonably quiet.
I have the 750gb version of that drive. It hosts bootable clones of my MBP and MB, a Time Machine backup of the MBP, and my photo repository. It should be perfect for what you need.
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FWIW -- I just had a month old WD My Book studio (500 gig) fail while doing and erase and replace upgrade from Tiger to Leopard. Lost everything that I didn't have secondary (DVD) backup for. Now looking to replace with 2 500 gig externals that will be rotated weekly. Lesson here is that nothing is perfect, and redundancy is important...
FWIW -- I just had a month old WD My Book studio (500 gig) fail while doing and erase and replace upgrade from Tiger to Leopard. Lost everything that I didn't have secondary (DVD) backup for. Now looking to replace with 2 500 gig externals that will be rotated weekly. Lesson here is that nothing is perfect, and redundancy is important...