Iomega UltraMax Hard Drive, eSATA/FireWire 800/FireWire 400/USB 2.0, 1TB - 34166

List Price: $256.99 Discount Price: $246.99

Features:

• Box Contents - Iomega Desktop Hard Drive, eSATA cable, USB 2.0 cable, FireWire 800 (1394b) Cable, FireWire 400 (1394a) Cable, Power cord, Backup software, HTML User Manual and Help Files, and Quick Install Guide
• Speed - 7200rpm
• 8MB cache
• One eSATA Port, Two 1394b (FireWire 800) Ports, One 1394a (FireWire 400) Port, One USB 2.0 Port
• Versatile - Multiple connection capabilities with transfer rates of up to 3GBits/sec with eSATA

Customer Reviews:

Fan is too loud for me [Posted on 2008-08-30]
I just bought this drive and started to set it up with my iMac. I didn't realize how nice it is the the iMac doesn't have a fan. When I powered up the Iomega drive the fan was so noticeable that 3 minutes later I had it powered down and back in the box. I am going to find a fanless unit possibly from LaCie. If you don't mind the fan noise or have the unit in a location isolated from your computer this may be a great drive. The reviews of the smaller drives have been good. But for me this was a deal killer.

Fan noise noticeable, but not a deal-breaker. [Posted on 2008-08-30]
I hate to write a review after only having this product for two days (since longevity / life of the drive is what I think is most important when rating a HDD), but I felt the need to respond to the 3-star reviewer from August 29th who said the fan noise was too loud.

I use this drive with my Macbook Pro, and while I do notice the fan noise, it's not going to drive me crazy. I keep mine on all the time since I use it for my Time Machine backups.

As for the performance of the drive: mine is connected via the Firewire 800 port. The write speed is clocking in at 55 MB/s (440 Mb/s) and the read speed is clocking in at 75.2 MB/s (601.6 Mb/s). I used the AJA KONA system test for both of these benchmarks.

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