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| hackersmovie wrote: | | Ben_tex wrote: | | I have two 3.5" drives just sitting here. |
heh! me too! What to do, what to do!??! I guess I'll ask for some hella cool OWC enclosures for X-mas..... |
You should both think of an external FW RAID enclosure like this one: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/GM8U2KIT0GB/ |
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That is nice looking enclosure, but I would prefer something in silver. I also have 1 SATA and 1 IDE, so that wouldn't work either. It's also a bit on the pricey side. Got anything else? 
I was thinking about getting one these ICY DOCKs from Newegg for the SATA drive, but I'm a little strapped for cash going into Christmas. Maybe I'll get one the first of the year. |
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Same dual drive enclosure but in silver, FW400/800/USB2, SATA interface, $119.
Another one, also silver, FW400/800, standard ATA drive interface, $99
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Nice! I didn't notice those. |
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Do you never have DUST on your desk? Those shine surfaces especially BLACK, are very dust- and fingerprint contagious! 
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| Ben_tex wrote: |
That is nice looking enclosure, but I would prefer something in silver. I also have 1 SATA and 1 IDE, so that wouldn't work either. It's also a bit on the pricey side. Got anything else?
I was thinking about getting one these ICY DOCKs from Newegg for the SATA drive, but I'm a little strapped for cash going into Christmas. Maybe I'll get one the first of the year. |
Both of mine are IDE  one is a Maxtor 60GB the other is a no-name 250GB... I'll just stuff em' in the OWC AL PRO enclosure's and use them for more movie storage!!! Thanks for the ideas though....
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| JohnnyBoy wrote: | | scooper wrote: | | ...I need something for TM that is nice and quiet. This could fit the bill. |
I checked the specifications, the datasheet and the manual and there's no mention of its emitted noise levels in decibels anywhere. Handing over money in the hope that a drive is quiet is a crap shoot if these guys don't print the numbers. |
My roommate just bought a similar LaCie drive from PC Connection and it's very quiet. In fact, it might be one of the quietest external drives that I've ever been around. I don't see it listed on LaCie's site, but here is the product page at PC Connection.
http://www.pcconnection.com/ProductDetail?Sku=8015750 |
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| Great just what we didn't need another lacie drive to fry. |
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| macmanmacman wrote: | | Great just what we didn't need another lacie drive to fry. |
What we need is a SATA connection on our Mini's and external SATA discs  It is possible with Macbooks with an external SATA card I heard...
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| James T Kirk wrote: | | macmanmacman wrote: | | Great just what we didn't need another lacie drive to fry. |
What we need is a SATA connection on our Mini's and external SATA discs It is possible with Macbooks with an external SATA card I heard... |
And just what does it connect to externally? There is no eSATA port on macbooks nor any other connection (other than the internal SATA) to allow external SATA. |
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| zen wrote: |
And just what does it connect to externally? There is no eSATA port on macbooks nor any other connection (other than the internal SATA) to allow external SATA. |
There are eSATA cards which fits into the Macbooks and make it work out of the box.
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I believe you mean MacBook Pros, which have an ExpressCard34 slot. You can purchase eSATA ExpressCard34 adapters.
MacBooks do not have any kind of expansion slots.
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| ClunkClunk wrote: | I believe you mean MacBook Pros, which have an ExpressCard34 slot. You can purchase eSATA ExpressCard34 adapters.
MacBooks do not have any kind of expansion slots. |
OK, you're probably right, I don't know the Intel Mac laptops in person.
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