09-16-2006, 06:48 PM
Why would this be "too good to be true"? It's just a piece of aluminum with a 25¢ bridgeboard attached and a 50¢ electrical adapter.
There are drawbacks to it, of course:
1. Only Intel Macs and PCs can boot from a USB2 drive (there might be an exception but basically only Intel Macs and PCs)
2. It's not SATA so it's not ideal for Intel Mac owners, all of whom use SATA rather than ATA drives.
3. Some people are needlessly paranoid about the lack of fans in these cases. I'm not -- the cheap Chinese electrical adapter will likely die LONG before the hard drive does.
I think this would be a good move for someone with a black PC notebook, or someone with a black Apple notebook with USB2 that could use it as a non-bootable storage drive.
There are drawbacks to it, of course:
1. Only Intel Macs and PCs can boot from a USB2 drive (there might be an exception but basically only Intel Macs and PCs)
2. It's not SATA so it's not ideal for Intel Mac owners, all of whom use SATA rather than ATA drives.
3. Some people are needlessly paranoid about the lack of fans in these cases. I'm not -- the cheap Chinese electrical adapter will likely die LONG before the hard drive does.
I think this would be a good move for someone with a black PC notebook, or someone with a black Apple notebook with USB2 that could use it as a non-bootable storage drive.