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yg17 said:
And 2 Seagate 500GB hard drives


I was going to wait for the Firewire Drobo, but I figured I'd save myself $150 and stick with the older USB version, which for my uses, is plenty fast.
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Question: How loud is that thing? Does it seal off most of the noise pretty well? Could it be used in a small office setting, or does it need to be kept in its own room? :)
 
Decrepit said:
Question: How loud is that thing? Does it seal off most of the noise pretty well? Could it be used in a small office setting, or does it need to be kept in its own room? :)
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So far, it's been completely silent, other than the noise of hard drives spinning. It's in my bedroom right now and doing fine. I think it might get a little louder when the fans kick in, but it can't be any worse than my old hard drive (a Guardian Maximus) which sounded like a 747 taking off. And I hear the new Firewire Drobos are supposed to be even quieter.
 
UPS Man (or Woman, wasn't actually here for delivery) just dropped it off today. Never mind that I don't actually know an iota of C, I can still give a thumbs up, dammit!
 

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yg17 said:
So far, it's been completely silent, other than the noise of hard drives spinning. It's in my bedroom right now and doing fine. I think it might get a little louder when the fans kick in, but it can't be any worse than my old hard drive (a Guardian Maximus) which sounded like a 747 taking off. And I hear the new Firewire Drobos are supposed to be even quieter.
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Darnit, you're going to make me spend money! You were supposed to say, oh that new Firewire one can actually wake the dead when it's idle. :p

I'm working out in my head who I need to rotate external hard drives to so that I can justify getting the FW model.
 
NintendoChick said:
Clarence? Where?
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New Canon Rebel XT w/ Kit Lens
Sears
$330 - 10% clearance + tax = ~$330.

If you're interested, call your local Sears and ask if they have any (Look up the item number on the web. I called and asked the first time and the guy in the electronics department didn't know what a DSLR was). There was one in my local Sears and also another a few towns north of mine (which I called first).
 
This song basically sums up what I'm feeling at this point in my life.:(
 

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brendanryder said:
please tell me thats not a fingerprint scanner on the front.....
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Yeah, thats a fingerprint scanner, it also has a laser, and not one that just points out stars either, got the phone fresh from Japan! :p

Naaa... Its just a speaker, decent quality, too.
 
Decrepit said:
Question: How loud is that thing? Does it seal off most of the noise pretty well? Could it be used in a small office setting, or does it need to be kept in its own room? :)
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The Drobe isn't designed for a 'small office setting' but more for home users. For an office setup there are far better choices around.
 
techlover828 said:
can't wait to play with it!
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Hope it doesnt cause the device to crawl like 2.0 has done to my iPhone. Never before have I had to restart my iPhone so many times because Safari brings the entire device to a halt, or have I had to go to the home screen and back into SMS because the keyboard is lagging like crazy. Get 2.0.1 out Apple, please.
 
yg17 said:
So far, it's been completely silent, other than the noise of hard drives spinning. It's in my bedroom right now and doing fine. I think it might get a little louder when the fans kick in, but it can't be any worse than my old hard drive (a Guardian Maximus) which sounded like a 747 taking off. And I hear the new Firewire Drobos are supposed to be even quieter.
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That clinches it, I must have a defective one. Mine sounds like a small jet, even when all the drives are asleep!

Edit: And their tech support now says it may be a dying fan. They'll let me know based on the diagnostic info I sent! I want a silent one too dammit!
 
Recieved my MacBook Pro today including some extras .. :cool:

MacBook Pro 17-inch
- 2.6GHz
- 4GB RAM
- 200GB (7200rpm)
- 8600M GT 512MB
- 1920x1200

Rain Design mStand
Wireless Mighty Mouse
Wireless Keyboard
LowePro Fastpack 350
Crumpler the Gimp
LaCie Quadra 750GB

Pictures including the iPhone 3G later ..
 
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