Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just picked up one of those black LaCie drives yesterday, and it works fine. After several hours of use, the metal enclosure did not get any warmer than the enclosures on my other drives (which have fans). Nathan Will von Dauster wrote: > > On Dec 8, 2007, at 10:12 AM, Daniel Ridings wrote: >> Snip > >> Figure how much disk space you will never need and buy two at that >> size. Work with external disks. Computers come and go and it is a pain >> if you have your data stored on in internal disk. They're good for >> booting and storing applications, but they are less than ideal for >> storing your data. > > Agreed. Those of us who live in the US may want to visit our local > CompUSA to snag those external drives - the company announced they are > closing for good after the holidays and that they will be blowing > stuff out prior to that to reduce inventory. > > Stick with name brands, of course... > > Also LaCie has just announced new fanless hard drives in black. They > are inexpensive and look nice, but I wonder if fanless is a good idea. > > Will > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands *Opportunistic Image Acquisition* General photography: http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com http://www.greatpix.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville: http://www.frozenlight.eu/fotosevilla Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS!