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Summary: Snazzy Little Drive
Comment: I bought this in order to use a space 2.5" SATA drive that I own, and it does that wonderfully. It is easy to change the drive that is in it, and the drive is well secured on the inside, The whole drive feels secure and is easy to use. The on/off switch is a little unneeded, but it's nice on occasion to be able to leave the drive plugged in and have the light on.
Overall, a very good drive, highly recommended.
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Summary: Deceptive item description
Comment: Buyer beware!
This is NOT a high-speed firewire enclosure. If you order, you'll be getting firewire 400, NOT firewire 800. Also, if you get the PHR-250CC, you'll get IDE, not SATA. The SATA one is PHR-S250CC. NEITHER of these drive enclosures are SATA 800.
It makes no sense. Why would you bother with firewire 400, when USB 2.0 is faster? The only reason to pay more is to get the (nearly) double speed of firewire 800. You'd be better served to get a 10 dollar USB SATA enclosure, since USB is 480 Mbps, as opposed to firewire 400 at 400 Mbps.
The saga doesn't end here. After all of this confusion, I found what was truly needed: 2.5-inch eSATA, FireWire 800/400, USB External Enclosure (Oxford 924)
This drive enclosure will get you the speed you're probably after.
In my case, I now have to wait for Amazon to refund me for the MacAlly enclosure, they absolutely refuse to simply bill me the difference between it and the Oxford 924 and cross ship. I'm a Prime member and do thousands of dollars per year with Amazon, and they simply refuse to do this. I've never written a negative review, but I wanted to accomplish 2 things here: 1. Punish Amazon for shabby customer service and 2. Help prevent someone else from having their money tied up for weeks for a product that doesn't do the job for them.
I'm honestly surprised. Amazon has taken such good care of me before this. All of a sudden, I'm talking to someone on another continent who has no idea what SATA, USB, IDE, or Firewire 400 vs. 800 means. I hope this was a single bad experience, and not a bellweather of change in the Amazon culture of customer service. I've loved shopping here up to now.
Dave
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Summary: Fantastic product
Comment: I think this is one of the best hard disk cases you can get. I've had many different types of cases and Macally's consistently hold up to the abuse a mobile hard disk can get. They back up their durability with superior electronics.
I currently have a 250GB 7200 RPM Hitachi drive in this, but I've also run a 320GB 7200 RPM Seagate drive and both of them performed GREAT. Firewire always works, no additional power necessary. USB requires the second port to get the drive to spin up but one of the things I LOVE about Macally is that their power cable is a separate cable, allowing me to use an external USB adapter to spin the drive up before I plug the USB cable into the computer. This prevents some macs and pcs from shutting down a usb port that is demanding too much power. Very convenient. If you prefer the double-ended usb cables, this drive works fine with those too even though it does not include one.
I've used this on an IBM ThinkPad running Linux and on three different Apple Macintosh computers, a Macbook, a Macbook Pro (new model), and an iMac.
It is also such a durable case I never put it in a slipcover. I just toss these in my backpack and go.
Quality, durability, reliability, and protection - in one of the most portable cases out there. Get one, you'll love it.
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Summary: Does the job on my Macbook
Comment: Overall I like it:
- Assembly was quick
- A nice feature is that two USB cables are provided: a data cable and a power cable. When I use both cables to connect it to my Macbook's two USB ports, I don't have any problems with the drive shutting down intermittently, as has happened with other enclosures I tried.
- It also works flawlessly with the included firewire cable.
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Summary: Awesome for upgrading Macbook HD!
Comment: Perfect to boot from in order to check whether or not SuperDuper cloned your HD or not.
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