The Mac Observer - EZQuest Raises The Bar In The FireWire Hard Drive Biz

May 25th, 2000

[2:00 PM] EZQuest Raises The Bar In The FireWire Hard Drive Biz
by Staff
EZQuest began shipping its new 45GB and 60GB FireWire hard drives today. The drives are rated at 7200 RPM. According to EZQuest:

The Boa 45GB and 60GB FireWire hard drives are shipping to Apple dealers worldwide.

The Cobra 45GB and 60GB drives tout transfer rates of 12/13MB/sec*, dual 6pin FireWire ports, internal power supply, hot plug ease of use and 3 year warranties. The Cobra series hard drives are compatible with the iMac DV line, blue and white G3s as well as G4 Macintosh computers.

* on tests with a G4 400MHZ with Mac Bench 5.0

All drives are shipping with an "ice" flavored exterior, internal auto switching power supply, Firewire cable and EZQuest's Disk Controller software.

Here are the prices for these drives: US$379 for 20GB, US$489 for 30GB, US$599 for 45GB and US$699 for 60GB. You can find more information on EZQuest's site.

The Mac Observer Spin: That's a lot of storage and speed for a decent price when compared to the overall market.

EZQuest

Today's Mac Headlines

[Podcast] Podcast - Apple Weekly Report #135: Apple Lawsuits, Banned iPhone Ad, Green MacBook Ad

We also offer Today's News On One Page!

Yesterday's News

[Podcast] Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #178: Batch Permission Changes, Encrypting Follow-up, Re-Enabling AirPort, and GigE speeds

We also offer Yesterday's News On One Page!

Mac Products Guide

New Arrivals
New and updated products added to the Guide.

Hot Deals
Great prices on hot selling Mac products from your favorite Macintosh resellers.

Special Offers
Promotions and offers direct from Macintosh developers and magazines.

Software
Browse the software section for over 17,000 Macintosh applications and software titles.

Hardware
Over 4,000 peripherals and accessories such as cameras, printers, scanners, keyboards, mice and more.