is it just me or are TMO's newsfeeds about 24 hours behind? this was announced at MacWorld yesterday...and the story about the Safari update was at least as late.

is it just me or are TMO's newsfeeds about 24 hours behind? this was announced at MacWorld yesterday...and the story about the Safari update was at least as late.

is it just me or are TMO's newsfeeds about 24 hours behind? this was announced at MacWorld yesterday...and the story about the Safari update was at least as late.

sorry for multiple posts. the submission was taking too long...thought stopping and resubmitting would've prevented the others from going through.

1) why would owc go to all the trouble - at this price point - and omit e-sata when there are other enclosures that do have quad ports?!

2) no mention is made of the mechanism?! (fuji, samsung, hitatchi) ...

it potentially makes a big difference for performance if the mechanism has 2 platters or a 3 platters ... the fewer the platters, the higher the data density, the higher the data rate!!

much of the perceived performance limitations of a slower RPM (5400 vs 7200) can be overcome in practice if using higher density media (on fewer platters).

3) clarification please (which requires, um, actual reportage - ie pick up the phone & call a real person) ... while it is obvious that 2.5" mechanisms can not be run at 10Krpm inside a laptop (they are included in iscsi-type of servers and sans), it is not obvious why a 7200 rpm mechanism could not be used in an external enclosure that is not as thermally constrained as a laptop is!?

i guess the manufacturers think that most of their sales will be for oem's building laptops so they are going to ignore the performance needs of the market? (yet lower density 2.5" mechanisms ship to retail at 7200rpm!)

3) why wouldnt macobserver add some value / perform an editorial function and actually draw attention to these issues?!

I would assume it is the new hitachi drive they are offering:

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Hitachi/0A53487/

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zahadum wrote:
1) why would owc go to all the trouble - at this price point - and omit e-sata when there are other enclosures that do have quad ports?!

On large capacity drives (over 250GB), high data density on fewer platters make drives far less RELIABLE over long term use. Server grade hard drives avoid high data density by using more platters and lower data density, vastly improving longevity and data integrity. I'm sick of high-density consumer hard drives crapping out after 12-18 months, so I'll gladly welcome more platters and lower density. I want to use this thing 2 years from now, not be shopping for a new one in 12 months.

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zahadum wrote:
2) no mention is made of the mechanism?! (fuji, samsung, hitatchi) ...
it potentially makes a big difference for performance if the mechanism has 2 platters or a 3 platters ... the fewer the platters, the higher the data density, the higher the data rate!!
much of the perceived performance limitations of a slower RPM (5400 vs 7200) can be overcome in practice if using higher density media (on fewer platters).