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CoolMax HD-360B-U2 USB 2.0 3.5" Aluminum External Hard Drive Enclosure | List Price: $34.99
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Brand: Global Marketing Partners
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - 3.5-inch USB 2.0 external hard drive enclosure for Mac and PC
- Up to 480 Mbps transfer rate
- Compact design for easy portability; anti-shock design protects hard disk from damage
- Includes DC 12-volt transformer
- 32 x 220 x 120 millimeters (HxWxL)
Good drive [Posted on 2008-06-13]
I use this drive with my Powerbook G4 (Apple) and it works like a dream. It handled my 250 GB old internal drive from my old Windows machine with no problem, keeps it cool, and handles long term backups with ease. I will use it with Time Machine when I get my new Mac.
Good purchase, easy to set up. Will buy another one.
Power Supply Died [Posted on 2008-06-17]
This unit worked fine for about three weeks and then the brick power supply died. I see other reviews with the "dieing" issue.I am attempting to get it replaced now...
Just an fyi.....
Garbage, lasted 3 months [Posted on 2008-06-24]
I bought this to replace an HD enclosure that failed for my mother-in-law. It lasted less than 3 months. Can't say I'm completely surprised, for $25 you get what you pay for.
Spend $50 and get a better quality enclosure, Antec's are nice.
Not Perfect But Okay [Posted on 2008-08-23]
First of all, very nice looking enclosure. It seems well enough made, though in my experience you never know if one of these things is going to kill a drive until you've had it over six months.
A couple of problems, the instructions are poor and the thing gets pretty hot. The instructions are all just pictures so they don't have to change them for the various different languages. Most of it's pretty self-explanatory and the pictures are fine, so not a big deal. The exception is hooking up the wire for the LED on the front. It has instructions on the metal part you mount the hard drive to, but they're incorrect. It's impossible to orient it as the picture shows, with the red and white wires in the position shown. In case you run into this, the smooth side on the connector faces up. The heat is really an issue of this thing not having a sleep mode. The drive will continue to run as long as the power switch is on. This is not desirable as it keeps the drive moving when unnecessary and wastes both power and the motor on the heads. Even my cheapo, no-name external hard drive spins down after inactivity.
Aside from those complaints, it's a pretty nice product.
good quality enclosure [Posted on 2008-08-31]
installation wasnt difficult i got up and running within 10minutes..it keeps the drive cool inside since it is aluminum so no problems so far with this
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