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Mac Guild Review
250 GB SimpleDrive Deluxe, by SimpleTech
Posted: 17-Oct-2005
4 out of 5 Mice
Overview
Backing up has always been critical to businesses, but these days, it's just as important to the
home computer user. With all of your music digitally stored, as well as home videos, email,
documents, and everything else that you've discovered to be easier to store on your computer,
so much important data now resides on a hard disk. Always keep in mind that, at any given
time, your internal hard disk can fail and not be recoverable. If you do not have the data backed
up, than you lose everything. Nowadays, it's a must to have an external hard drive for backing
up your critical data. External drives also offer extra storage for those who are running low on
disk space and have no options for adding additional internal disks. Whether used for back -ups
or extra storage, external disk drives continue to emerge with larger storage capacities, lower
profiles, and lower prices per gigabyte. One such offering is the 250GB SimpleDrive Deluxe from
SimpleTech. The SimpleDrive Deluxe is a combination USB 2.0 and Firewire external disk drive.
Vendor's Description
Engineered for performance and reliability, SimpleTech's high-
speed, high capacity SimpleDrive Deluxe external hard drive is
ideal for any storage need, including digital music, movies and
photographs. Every SimpleTech SimpleDrive Deluxe comes with a
FREE copy of StorageSync Professional Edition Automatic Backup
Software so full or incremental backups are fast and easy every
time.
Plug n' play installation (no tools required)
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One-click backup with StorageSync Pro **
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High-speed USB 2.0/Firewire
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Hot swappable
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Free and unlimited technical support
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Compact, space-saving design
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** Backup software is Windows-only, so for Mac users, you will need your own backup software.
Specifications
SimpleTech Part # STI -U2F36/250
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Capacity 250 GB
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Data Transfer Rate 35 MB/sec
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Hard Drive Height 3.5
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Rotational Speed 7200 RPM
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Buffer Size 8096 KB
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Operating Shock 55 G
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Non-Operating Shock 350 G
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Warranty 3 Years
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UPC Code 705487113310
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Price
http://mac-guild.org/reviews/review326.html
Vendor:
SimpleTech
Reviewer:
Bill Catambay
Page 1 of 5
Type: COMMERCIAL
Class: HARDWARE
10/17/2005
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- Page 1 One such offering is the 250GB SimpleDrive Deluxe from SimpleTech. The SimpleDrive Deluxe is a combination USB 2.0 and Firewire external disk drive.
- Page 2 Mac Guild Review $207 (Street Price range is $180 - $240) Set Up Hooking up the hard drive is a no-brainer. Just plug in the power supply, connect the firewire cable from the hard drive to the firewire port on your Mac, and then flip the switch on. You can alternately use the USB connection instead, but I prefer firewire, and this will review will be on the firewire functionality.
- Page 3 Mac Guild Review The design is excellent, but there were two noticeable flaws. While it makes sense that there would be only one USB port, there should be two Firewire ports. Firewire is a chaining protocol, meaning that you can chain firewire devices all to a single firewire port. I rarely see an external firewire drive with only one port, and this is one of the exceptions.
- Page 4 Summary The SimpleTech SimpleDrive is an external Firewire/USB hard drive that has a lot going on. It gives you a lot of Bytes for your Buck, and the 250GB size makes for an excellent storage drive and/or backup device.
- Page 5 Mac Guild Review Only one firewire port "One-Touch" action not included in package for Mac users Awkward designed power plug Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 Mice http://mac-guild.org/reviews/review326.html Page 5 of 5 10/17/2005...
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