I would imagine that SSDs have a pretty low power draw, too, and they promise to be much faster. They're expensive, though. On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Harry Freeman <gifutiger at gmail.com> wrote: > Aloha Bruce > > There are a few very low power drives can can be powered through the USB > port, usually they are of the 2.5 inch drives that are used in laptop > computers and usually require a PCI card which will provide the energy > needed. -- Rich