Totally Worth It !
Written: Oct 10 '03
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Pros: Fast - especially with Fire Wire. Easy Set Up - No Problems. TONS of storage!!
Cons: None.
The Bottom Line: Super Easy Way-To-Go for Tons of Storage.
I'd buy another!
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| sponginn's Full Review: Seagate Personal Storage™ 5000XT 250 GB FireWire... |
Price per gig, this was the way to go.
I feel so comfortable now that I have my entire collection of music and hundred of photos at my fingertips with no strain on my system and tons more space to boot. Moreover, you can take this thing wherever you go - friends family, car - to another computer etc....
I'm not super computer savvy and this was easy set up. I'm running Windows XP with 20 Gig Hard Drive, 384 Ram, 866 Mhz...older computer with little upgrades. The 20 gig hard drive is enough to run applications and such but not store thousands of MP3 songs/albums and hundreds of pictures. Bought a fire wire PCI card for my PC and connected it with ease. You can connect via USB 1.0 but USB 2.0 and/or firewire are mega-fast. Plugged in the Maxtor drive to power cord and connected fire wire, added software and with no trouble was hooked up instantly.
It has a one touch button feature that you can set up with a little learning curve....but how useful. At the end of the day, push the button and within 35 seconds - everything is backed-up. I read the manual (not super complicated at all), but still called Maxtor for support on setting up one-touch. They are very supportive and friendly.
The only con is the lack of an on/off switch. Two different Maxtor techs told me two different things about powering this drive. One said to always leave it running b/c shutting down and powering up takes its toll on the drive.....while another said, the longer you keep it on, the more wear it has on the motor. Well both make sense, so I decided to shut it off every night to save electricity. To do this, after shutting down, you have to pull the plug from the back - or as I do, flip the switch on your surge protector. No big deal - just thought they could put an on/off on the device. But if that's the only hang up, what are you waiting for?....just buy it....you'll be happy you did.
Got sweet deal at $313/Shipped! (which was lowest price I could find at the time at www.computersallservices.com)
Recommended:
Yes
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