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    Are there any 2.5" Firewire 800 external drive enclosures that take SATA drives?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Ichigo, Nov 5, 2007.

  1. Ichigo

    Ichigo Notebook Evangelist

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    And just for the sake of it, what external drives are you guys using?

    I find the uselessness of my firewire ports annoying...
     
    Ichigo, Nov 5, 2007
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    I'm using the WD 160 GB Passport. It's Velcro'd under my iLap, and is virtually invisible. I agree that the firewire ports are underutilized. I've only hooked mine to an Epson printer.
     
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    I haven't seen a lot of FW800 enclosures. That Macally one is nice though, I own one, will get a second. But they're FW400.
    Still, FW400 is much nicer than USB.
     
    hollownail, Nov 6, 2007
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