Dr Gadget - Gadget Shop - Freecom Mobile 160GB 2.5" Hard Drive USB-2, silver

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Batteries Included: 0 Binding: Electronics Brand: Freecom EAN: 4021801281463 Feature: Freecom Hard Disk Size: 160 Is Fragile: 0 Label: Freecom Manufacturer: Freecom Model: 28146 Publisher: Freecom Release Date: 2006-09-23 Studio: Freecom
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Perfect for Mac Comment: Not being very technically minded, and owning an Apple Mac, I always get a bit anxious when buying peripherals because all the blurbs I read seem to be geared to the PC market. However, there was no need to worry with this Freecom hard drive. I just plugged it into the USB port on my laptop and it was immediately ready for action.No need to consult the CD manual. How fabulous. Also, brilliant delivery service from Amazon. Customer Rating: Summary: Looks good and works well. Comment: I wanted an external hard drive mainly to back up my modest collection of music and photos. This item does the job with the minimum of fuss. It comes formatted in FAT32, but I easily reformatted in NTFS using Windows. This took 50 minutes. The supplied software is very easy to use, no instruction book required really. I like the number of options where you can decide exactly how often you want to back up and under what circumstances. I set it at every two minutes, when a file change is detected. I am also impressed by the metal case and weightiness, it feels really sturdy. Would I buy another? Yes. Customer Rating: Summary: Sturdy and portable hard drive - recommended Comment: 149 Gb of storage when formatted, this portable drive is has an aluminium outer casing. Other brands tend to have plastic enclosures but I prefered the metallic look and the hard drive is cool to the touch, doesn't get warm at all! Whisper quiet when in use, cannot hear it at all. Comes with a short ~40cm USB cable and my Macbook Pro laptop powers the drive from the USB port no problems. For those who are interested: inside is a Samsung HM160HI SATA 5400rpm hard drive with 8mb cache (the model may vary though, this is just what is in mine.) Fast transfer speeds over USB 2.0, ~30mb/s I would recommend this for its aluminium casing, cool and quiet operation, small size (literally fits in the palm of your hand), fast access speeds and its powered by USB. Very good price too! Customer Rating: Summary: Needs an adapter for Mac Powerbook Comment: This worked fine the one time I tried it on my PC. However, I bought it for the wife and her Powerbook doesn't provide enough power for the hard drive to run without an adapter plugged into the mains. Adapters giving 5V power supply are not very abundant and therefore cost £15-20, so you should either factor in this cost or buy another hard drive if you want to use it with a Mac. I'm very disappointed that this fact was nowhere to be seen in the product description. Customer Rating: Summary: Perfect little thing Comment: Ordered on Sunday, despatched on Monday, arrived Tuesday. Worked perfectly out of the box, easy as pie to install, runs like a dream. Quiet, effective and small. Remember what this type of thing used to cost about 2 years ago ?? Worth every penny. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / CapacityGB160Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Average Seek Timems13Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Spindle Speedrpm5400Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Buffer SizeMB8Technical DataStorage Controller / TypeNoneTechnical DataDimensions & Weight / Widthcm8.3Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Depthcm13.2Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Heightcm1.8Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Weightg300Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Interface TypeHi-Speed USBTechnical DataStorage / TypeHard driveTechnical DataStorage Controller (2nd) / TypeNoneTechnical DataStorage Hard Drive / Form Factor2.5 "Technical DataHeader / Product LineFreecom Mobile DriveTechnical DataHeader / CompatibilityPCTechnical DataHeader / Country KitsUnited KingdomTechnical DataHeader / ManufacturerFreecom TechnologiesTechnical DataHeader / Packaged Quantity1Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Hard Drive TypeExternal hard driveTechnical DataExternal Hard Drive / Power SourceUSB bus