Tag archive: FireWire

Designed to blend into the background of any iMac desktop setup, Iomega's new Mac Companion Hard Drive sits unassumingly at the base of the iMac. A brushed silver exterior circles the drive and matches the shading on the iMac stand. The drive comes with either 2TB or 3TB storage depending on the model.  The 3.5-inch hard drive runs at 7,200 RPM and comes with one FireWire 800, one conversion FireWire 400-800 as well as one USB 2.0 cable… Read More

Intel debuted its Thunderbolt technology last month, and now the 10-gigabit-per-second transfer system is making its way to more and more consumer devices. Canon recently announced it will begin integrating support for the blazingly fast transfer tech in its products. Apple notoriously jumped on board first with Thunderbolt I/O, putting the new interface in its new MacBook Pro models. According to Apple, the addition is 12 times faster than… Read More

Storage vendor Verbatim is continuing to show it's serious about the hard drive business, today announcing its new SureFire line of external hard disk drives in 250, 320, and 500 GB capacities. The drives pack not only a USB 2.0 port but also a high-performance FireWire 800 port for transfer rates of up to 800 MB/s…something sure to appeal to MacBook Pro owners tired of poking along at USB 2.0 or FireWire 400 bandwidths. The… Read More

Notebook users looking for tiny portable drives that pack both capacity and performance have one more option today thanks to Other World Computing: the first 2.5-inch 320GB drive that spins at a desktop-like 7200RPM. OWC used a TravelStar drive from Hitachi and added a slick transparent enclosure to turn it into a portable storehouse in its Mercury On-the-Go line. The bus-powered (either USB 2.0 or FireWire) design also eliminates the… Read More

Iomega isn't the only company trotting out Mac-friendly storage products at this week's Apple Expo in Paris: competitors LaCie and WD also want Apple fans to check out their new storage products: a two-disk RAID array and a Mac-formatted My Book Studio Edition, respectively. For the expo, LaCie announced it is shipping its 2big Triple, a two-disk raid device available in 1, 1.5 and 2 TB capacities which features three different… Read More

Storage and peripheral vendor Iomega is looking to make a big splash at this year's Apple Expo in Paris, announcing a bevy of new Mac-specific storage products aimed at users of all levels. In addition to featuring designs that look like they could have come right out of Cupertino's labs, the drives all come pre-formatted with Apple's HFS+ file system, saving Mac users the annoying hassle of having to reformat drives… Read More

Newer Technology yesterday unveiled a new FireWire and USB 2.0 external RAID 1 storage solution for consumers and professional users alike. The Guardian Maximus is priced at around $320 starting for storage configurations ranging from 250GB to 1TB. The Guardian Maximus is designed to offer a back up solution for one's data through FireWire 400, FireWire 800 or USB 2.0. It provides "live activity" backup/data redundancy via… Read More

Newer Technology earlier this week announced the release of a 750GB version of its miniStack V2 FireWire and USB 2.0 combo storage solution designed to be paired with a Mac mini. This latest external hard drive size is priced at $599.99. The 750GB version, said Newer Technology, is an external FireWire 400/USB 2.0 single-drive solution that also integrates port expanding USB 2.0 and FireWire powered hubs. It has a profile of 6.5

Other World Computing, a maker of Mac related products, earlier this week announced a new 750GB version of its flagship Mercury Elite-AL Pro FireWire 800/400+USB2 external storage solution. This largest size to date is priced at $599.99 and should be available now. The 750GB version, said OWC, makes use of the latest in perpendicular hard drive technology. Features of thisproduct include a profile size of 9

IEEE 1394, also known as FireWire and Sony's i.LINK interface, isn't just for PC's anymore. According to In-Stat, IEEE 1394 is working its way into more CE products, like your television, DVD player, and set-top boxes. The older 1394a spec which provides 400 Megabits/second of bandwidth, is the interface often being used for new CE products, while the newer, higher bandwidth 1394b which supports 800 Megabit/second of… Read More

Apple also announced the immediate availability of a new 15GB model offering customers 50 percent more storage for just $299 (US). All iPods work seamlessly with the award-winning iTunes digitalmusic jukebox software and the pioneering iTunes Music Store, which has sold over 30 million songs, providing music fans with the best digital music experience on either a Mac or Windows computer. "With over two million sold, iPod is unquestionably… Read More

The new 40GB iPod holds up to 10,000 CD-quality songs (playing each song back-to-back takes a month) in a stunning enclosure that is lighter and thinner than two CDs. iPods are available in threemodels: a 10GB model for just $299 (US), the new 20GB model for $399 (US) and the new 40GB model for $499 (US); and offer the perfect combination of ease of use, storage capacity, audio performanceand ultra-portable design. "iPod is the best-selling… Read More

Featuring the two popular connection standards for digital media and peripheral devices, the D-Link DFB-H7 can simultaneously connect four USB 2.0 and three IEEE 1394 FireWire devices such as DVDdrives, digital cameras and printers to the PC or laptop for transferring, editing and printing digital content. The D-Link DFB-H7 is small enough to place in a convenient location such as thedesktop or workspace, so users can have access to its seven… Read More