[X4U] synology disk station

[Ed Gould]

On May 16, 2008, at 3:21 AM, alexandre wrote:

> hi ed
>
> i thought of doing that too, but this solution costs more than  
> getting a ready-made 1TB hard drive (lacie 2big for example), in  
> switzerland at least.
>
> so i'm thinkink of getting that and maybe an airport extreme base  
> station to have the wifi connectivity. i'm worried that despite  
> "mac compatibility", the synology is ging to give me issues…
>
> regards,
> alexandre
> 17" 2.33ghz ic2d macbook pro / 2.0gb / 160gb / X.5.2
> 24" 2.33ghz ic2d imac / 2.0gb / 250gb / X.4.11
>
> =-------------------SNIP------------------------

This is not a guarantee but chance are if a drive controller is  
firewire it is Apple compatible. I am sure there will be some  
disagreement but usually that  has been my experience. Don't get me  
wrong but if you buy (and read) the ad for any hard drive sold by any  
OEM dealer they should tell you if its *NOT* Mac compatible. I got  
the Elite controller for a place in Woodstock IL and they really do  
stand behind what they sell. I got the 500 MB drives from CDW which  
sells both. if its a SATA 500 MB drive then it probably work with a  
MAC. The Woodstock people also are excellent on sales questions. This  
is something right up their alley. I have never had to return any  
equipment to them they are really great MAC people (although they do  
sell some windows stuff).

Ed