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250GB External Firewire HD

250GB External Firewire HD
Brand: Acomdata
Category: CE

List Price: $189.00
Buy New: $120.18
You Save: $68.82 (36%)



Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 16 reviews
Sales Rank: 11907

Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Hard Drive Size: 250
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 5 x 9 x 2
Warranty: 1 year warranty

MPN: HD250FE5-72
Model: HD250FE5-72
UPC: 708769030053
EAN: 0708769030053
ASIN: B0009U660O

Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours

Features:
  • Acomdata
  • 250GB External Firewire HD

Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
AcomData E5 External Hard Drives combine high-performance data storage with the stark beauty and efficiency of aluminum alloy enclosures.Featuring blazing data transfers as fast as 480 Mbps, plug-and-play setup, hot-pluggable convenience, and fanless near-silent operation, these ultra-compact drives can stand horizontally or vertically - and they're stackable.Whether you have one drive or a whole stack of them, you'll need only the smallest patch of desktop real estate to store mountains of data.Pre-formatted for both Mac and PC, AcomData drives are ideal for storing digital video, photos and music collections, graphics; desktop publishing; data backup, and other demanding applications.s.


Customer Reviews:   Read 11 more reviews...

1 out of 5 stars Mine crashed only after a year!!!   January 9, 2008
K. Ung (USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

Mine crashed only after a year. NO OPTION FOR REPLACEMENT! and I lost all my data. I should last longer than one year!


5 out of 5 stars Dream Drive   November 8, 2007
Epsilon
I bought this to store my music and videos. Works perfectly. It's silent, doesn't overheat, doesn't crash, starts up fast, and transfers files fast. Not much else to say. I use this to store the majority of my music and videos. I play them straight from the drive without any hangups.

There was one review that said it came with a usb port. Mine did not. Which is fine, since I specifically purchased this because it was firewire. The brushed aluminum case looks nice sitting next to my macbook pro.



5 out of 5 stars D2D backup   November 1, 2007
I. Cook (Citrus Heights, CA USA)
This is a great way to backup data. No more pawing through stacks of DVDs or rewinding tapes. I like that it has a power button so that I can leave it plugged into the firewire port then just flick it on for backup.


1 out of 5 stars Crashed Within Days   September 27, 2007
J. Kooker (Los Angeles, CA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

Yes, I see all of the glowing reviews of this drive, but to be balanced, I bought one, installed it on my Mac on Friday as a backup drive, it worked fine for three days, and by Monday it was clicking loudly and wouldn't spin up. So, I guess for every nine of these that are good there's one that's bad. I'll probably spend more and get a Maxtor/Seagate/Western Digital.


5 out of 5 stars This is an excellent silent, fast, cool-running drive!   September 24, 2007
D. Arthur (Pacific Northwest)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I have two of these units in my video editing suite. I will be buying a third shortly. How's that for an endorsement?

These drives run nearly silently. They remain cool, even after hours of video editing or animation rendering. After eight months, they have yet to cause any problem at all.

An excellent product.