[MacDV] Re: re hard drive enclosure

[Erica Sadun]

>Erica,
>
>Thanks for your input on those enclosures. Sounds like they will do 
>the trick for me.
>
>Currently I have a couple other single drive enclosures that work 
>well. The one I really like is labled as Bytecc (yes with 2 
>c's)(approx. $45-50).  It's an all aluminum model with no internal 
>fan, so it is very quiet. I leave it plugged into my iMac all the 
>time. When not in use the HD spins down and is nice an quite. But 
>when I need to access it, it's there. It just sleeps when I sleep 
>the iMac and is ready for work when the iMac wakes up.

I like the fan. (Hate the noise, though). I don't like my disks
to overheat, particularly in High Use Situations. (I just
capitalized because it sounded more like Eeyore.)

-- Erica

>Now I don't know how it will work in a high use situation where 
>someone is spinning it hard for 8-10hrs a day. I always wondered if 
>the heat would breakdown the HD or if the AL inclosure would 
>diasapate the heat well enough. anyhow it works fine for my 2-3 hr 
>sessions.
>
>*And it has a nifty blue LED on the front so you can tell when it's 
>accessing the HD.
>
>-Preston
>
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