semi-OT: portable backup drive

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Mon Apr 23 17:27:42 UTC 2007


Jamon Camisso wrote:
>
> I find that, for all LaCie's posturing as a Porsche affiliated or 
> whatever it is design, their power input and cord are horrible (likely 
> because they use the same Delta electronics stuff that everyone else 
> does).
>
> Vantec are far cheaper than any LaCie, and you get to use whatever 
> drive you like, now, and in the future. I haven't attempted to 
> dissassemble a LaCie, but I'd imagine it would void the warranty on 
> the unit and the drive. Plus with all their industrial Porsche design, 
> I'm sure taking one apart is a non-trivial task.
>

I bought an Adaptec 3.5 inch USB 2 case a while ago.  It works very well 
and currenly holds a 160 GB drive.


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