External Hard Drive that looks like a book...

[Anusha]

The Western Digital MyBook Pro Edition

Read a review here: http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/12/05/storage-with-style/

 

[Novindu]

damn dats so sexy

 

[Anusha]

damn dats so sexy

You think? haha

 

[Novindu]

You think? haha

yeah c'mon its soooo gorgeous!!!!!

 

[Anusha]

Yeah it looks nice. Looks like an "Apple" product.

 

[amila325]

ko balamu

 

[amila325]

ade patta machan niyamai

 

[azaamDAsquad]

this is d one i wenna buy.. but changed ma mind anush!! ya knw dat LOL

 

[chathu_]

sha

shaaaaaaaaaaaaaa it' good

 

[pasanlaksiri]

Matanam epa eka. Machan uba 250GB withara HD ekak aragena, USB 2 IDE or SATA cable ekak ganin. 2500/=. USB nisa tikak withara slow thama but wade karagana puluwan.

 

[Anusha]

Matanam epa eka. Machan uba 250GB withara HD ekak aragena, USB 2 IDE or SATA cable ekak ganin. 2500/=. USB nisa tikak withara slow thama but wade karagana puluwan.

Yes, yes. I agree with you. Tell me a place I can get one of those converters for Rs.2500. Every place I've askedfro them sells them for Rs.3,500 or more

 

[shanX]

I saw such a IDE convertor for 2.5k with power adapter, but I thought it was too expensive for that price, I'll try to fetch it for 2k. Good backup solution, But wouldnt it be very slow?

 

[Anusha]

Why would it be slow? USB 2.0 has 60MBps bandwidth.

 

[shanX]

Didnt know that fact, So cud we run it on the fly. Like playing games and using as another drive...

 

[Anusha]

Well, better to use it for data and backups. It is definitely slower than native IDE or SATA, but not a great deal. Usually 20-25%, if the hard drive that is used is a very fast one.

 

[shanX]

But still my SATA-1 Harddisk's datarate is 60-62mb/s ?? However I think usb datarate gets slower than specs...

 

[zCexVe]

I saw such a IDE convertor for 2.5k with power adapter, but I thought it was too expensive for that price, I'll try to fetch it for 2k. Good backup solution, But wouldnt it be very slow?

Oh cmon men,Ure in Kandy & Colombo where there r more computer shops & sellers.Here in Galle I buy that conerter kit includes power adapter,USB cable,Connector unit+aluminium casing for HDD with 6 month warranty for 1.8k.Just search in wellawaththa.U'll find it cheap i think..

 

[zCexVe]

USB 2.0

Why would it be slow? USB 2.0 has 60MBps bandwidth.

Hey yo anusha I've heard that USB 2.0 is 40 times faster than USB 1.1 sothat adds up 480Mbps,wont it?? please solve this.

 

[Anusha]

But still my SATA-1 Harddisk's datarate is 60-62mb/s ?? However I think usb datarate gets slower than specs...

Yeah, yeah. It's not that fast when sequential data reads/writes are concerned. Data transfer in USB 2.0 wouldn't come close to its theoretical limits. Not even half of it sometimes.

But since random access speed to the data is very low on hard drives, this bottlenecked interface speed will not really hurt there.

But you know, this hard drive supports Firewire too. If 1394b is concerned, you will hardly notice any difference between the native mode and the converted mode.

 

[Anusha]

Hey yo anusha I've heard that USB 2.0 is 40 times faster than USB 1.1 sothat adds up 480Mbps,wont it?? please solve this.

480Mbps = 60MBps