How about that for a snappy title? I bought one of these as part of the planned upgrade to our existing ad hoc Tivo-like device. The drive seems excellent on first use:
- it’s fanless, so the only sound is the disk revolving
- the case is metal, so it dissipates heat well (in sustained use it gets warm, but not nearly as hot as the underside of my MacBook when it’s working hard
- the power adapter is pretty small, perhaps because of the lack of fan
- it’s cheaper to get this 500GBs than to upgrade a Mac Mini’s internal drive by 80GB
- it has silvery good looks, thereby increasing my attractiveness to women
Now all that remains is a Mac Mini to complete the setup. Leopard is released in less than 8 hours, and my wife doesn’t seem to think I’ll last long before heading to the local store. She may be right.
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Suddenly, my 250gb drive in basic black seems inadequate.
I once had a metal fanless enclosure cause a HD to overheat and die. Although this was at the height of a MN summer in a pretty warm environment, so you might be OK in a more temperate climate.
Black? You will not be attractive to women at all!
Yeah, I did consider that but the reviews seemed pretty good on it, and so far it doesn’t seem to be getting excessively warm. I imagine it will shorten the life of the drive some, but by then I figure 500GB drives will be given away with cereal.
You may be right: I have noticed a slight cooling of attention from the wife since I brought the HD home last winter. But my hair has more silver in it all the time!