Which external enclosure?

[sonofslim]

I had to pull the HD out of an older pre-Intel G5 iMac. Can anyone point me to an external enclosure that'll work with the drive? I'm lost with all this SATA/SATA2/eSATA stuff.

Thanks!

 

[orangezorki]

I'm in pretty much the same situation. Does anyone know of a good value SATA-FW800 enclosure that I can get in the UK?

David

 

[BwanaZulia]

Well, since I just ordered it:

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/MEFW924AL1K/

I had to pull my 250GB drive from my old PowerMac G5 2.3Ghz (all the data) and I wanted something to work with my older TiG4 (Firewire 400) as well as the new iMac 24" set to arrive on Wednesday (FW 800).

A little pricey, but this thing will last till the end of days and I can keep throwing new HDs into it.

BZ

 

[eyemacg5]

i just ordered this for a friend, i'm sure i will have a play with it "just to make sure it works" before i give it him

£10 off ebay uk..

just bid £0.99 and the postage is £8.99 I'm sure thats just to avoid ebay fees

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-5-HDD-EXTER...0QQihZ003QQcategoryZ16178QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

And a US Version

http://cgi.ebay.com/Slim-3-5-USB-2-...911QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item180029770341


-jake


EDIT: Uhh i dont know about sata pata ide w/e

 

[sonofslim]

that ebay listing appears to be an IDE controller; the macsales one is (i think) compatible with the newer SATA drives being used in the imacs, but i'd like confirmation before i order.

anyone know for sure?