I have a 1 TB WD 7200rpm SATA HDD in my PC that I wanted to take out and use as an external drive now that I have joined the MAC family with my purchase of the iMAC. Which do you reccomend?
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External SATA Harddrive Enclosure?
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OWC sells a bunch of them, but I got mine when purchasing a drive from them.
Many OWC enclosures have FW800 which IMHO is about the fastest you will find for Mac's since they do not yet support eSATA. Also I like the fact you get all cables the device supports so you're not looking for something else just to make it work.
Just remembered. Take a look at their Voyager Series, especially the Q model. If you clone it correctly you can even boot off these clones. Just pop a drive into it 2.5 or 3.5 and off you go.
Many OWC enclosures have FW800 which IMHO is about the fastest you will find for Mac's since they do not yet support eSATA. Also I like the fact you get all cables the device supports so you're not looking for something else just to make it work.
Just remembered. Take a look at their Voyager Series, especially the Q model. If you clone it correctly you can even boot off these clones. Just pop a drive into it 2.5 or 3.5 and off you go.
"I have a 1 TB WD 7200rpm SATA HDD in my PC that I wanted to take out and use as an external drive now that I have joined the MAC family with my purchase of the iMAC. Which do you reccomend?"
$30 will get you one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/Syba-Connecla...?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1253062702&sr=1-22
Even if you eventually buy a "full external enclosure", having a docking station around can be very handy sometimes. Just plug in whatever drive you have laying around and off you go.
I have one and it works fine -- you can even boot from these if you need to.
$30 will get you one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/Syba-Connecla...?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1253062702&sr=1-22
Even if you eventually buy a "full external enclosure", having a docking station around can be very handy sometimes. Just plug in whatever drive you have laying around and off you go.
I have one and it works fine -- you can even boot from these if you need to.
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Fishrman,
I am not entirely sure that I know what I am looking at. Does the HDD stick out of the docking station? Would I then connect the USB cable to my imac? Would that be faster than FW800?
I am not entirely sure that I know what I am looking at. Does the HDD stick out of the docking station? Would I then connect the USB cable to my imac? Would that be faster than FW800?
"I am not entirely sure that I know what I am looking at. Does the HDD stick out of the docking station?"
Yes.
"Would I then connect the USB cable to my imac?"
Yes.
"Would that be faster than FW800?"
No. FW800 will be considerably faster, but it will cost considerably more.
Other World Computing _does_ have a "SATA docking station" that has USB2, FW400, FW800, and eSATA, but it costs about $80. Check their site for the "Voyager" series.
Yes.
"Would I then connect the USB cable to my imac?"
Yes.
"Would that be faster than FW800?"
No. FW800 will be considerably faster, but it will cost considerably more.
Other World Computing _does_ have a "SATA docking station" that has USB2, FW400, FW800, and eSATA, but it costs about $80. Check their site for the "Voyager" series.
Get a cheap enclosure from OWC; get a FireWire 800 Mbps interface if possible.
Also, you might want one of these:
"Twelve South BackPack Adjustable Shelf for Mac Desktops"
http://store.apple.com/us/product/TW851LL/A?fnode=MTY1NDA2OA
Also, you might want one of these:
"Twelve South BackPack Adjustable Shelf for Mac Desktops"
http://store.apple.com/us/product/TW851LL/A?fnode=MTY1NDA2OA