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TMO at MWSF - WiebeTech Introduces UltraGB+ Large Capacity External Drives

by , 7:00 AM EST, January 13th, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- At this week's Macworld Expo, WiebeTech announced the UltraGB+, a bus powered 3.5" drive enclosure that allows one to bring large amounts of data on the road (when using FireWire) without requiring a separate power adapter. The drives are all 7200 RPM and offer 8MB of cache.


UltraGB+ in Sleek Aluminum Enclosure

The UltraGB+ is available in either FireWire 400 or FireWire 800 versions, and either 120GB or 160GB capacity. The UltraGB+ also has a USB 2.0 port, and sports a global 100-240V power supply, for those situations where your computer doesn't or can't provide enough power on the FireWire bus, or you'd like to use USB 2.0.


Rear View of FireWire 800 UltraGB+

The 400/120 version is $359.95, the 400/160 version is $399.95, the 800/120 version is $399.95, and the 800/160 version is $439.95. The UltraGB+ is expected to ship on January 17, 2005.

WiebeTech

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Close Name:jimothy Posts: 581 Joined: 04 Jun 2004
Thu Jan 13, 2005 10:40 am Subject: External drive for the Mac mini

What'd be great to see is an external Firewire drive for the new Mac mini, which the same 6.5"-square footprint and aluminum case. Just stack your mini on top, and you've got an attractive computer with extra capacity and protection (i.e., backup) in about four inches of height.


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Close Name:pyxl8 Posts: 171 Joined: 24 Dec 2003
Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:16 am Subject:

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jimothy wrote:
What'd be great to see is an external Firewire drive for the new Mac mini, which the same 6.5"-square footprint and aluminum case. Just stack your mini on top, and you've got an attractive computer with extra capacity and protection (i.e., backup) in about four inches of height.


Wait a month. I'm sure SOMEBODY is already hard at work tooling the case for that. It will be the first of many "iStackables" peripherals to come... no doubt!

-Ken P


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Close Name:Steve W Posts: 482 Joined: 22 Nov 2002
Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:19 am Subject:

I'm betting you'll see a lot of peripherals in that form factor. It's nearly irresistible.

Examples: It might be big enough to put two hard drives into. Instant low-end RAID array! Or combo CD-RW/DVD-R/hard drive for those who pick up the basic Mac Mini and later want to expand. This would be a good option for minimally-equipped iBooks as well. How about half-height Firewire/USB hubs?

The mind boggles.


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Close Name:jimothy Posts: 581 Joined: 04 Jun 2004
Thu Jan 13, 2005 12:44 pm Subject: Accessories

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Steve W wrote:
How about half-height Firewire/USB hubs?


Another great idea! It'll be interesting to see if the Mac mini will spawn an wave of accessories the way the original iMac and, on an even grander scale, the iPod did.


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