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Bindibadgi · 28th Sep 2008, 00:23

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...t-xtreme-1tb/1

Hard Disk space: You can never have too much. At least, that's what Seagate is hoping with it's new range of stylish Freeagent external hard disk drives. We take a look at the high end Freeagent|XTreme 1TB and see there's more than just a solid drive behind the sleek exterior.

Sandwich · 28th Sep 2008, 01:28

lack of eSATA is completely inexcusable. essentially without the cable its not really a usable feature.

Amon · 28th Sep 2008, 01:48

I suppose it's a default assumption that eSATA capable machines already ship with eSATA cables. Looks good, though. Sounds like the drive's activity indicators won't light your room up like fireworks when you're sleeping at night, which is what my external drive does.

Hamish · 28th Sep 2008, 01:57

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Originally Posted by Amon

Sounds like the drive's activity indicators won't light your room up like fireworks when you're sleeping at night, which is what my external drive does.

duct tape?

surely noise is more important factor than light for abox thats in your bedroom and on all night

Andy Mc · 28th Sep 2008, 02:22

that enclosure looks fugly.

Amon · 28th Sep 2008, 02:22

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Originally Posted by Hamish

duct tape?

surely noise is more important factor than light for abox thats in your bedroom and on all night

The majority of these external drives should be passively cooled and vented, if that's what you're speaking on. For me, my external drive only makes a mild chirp when spooling up to write/read data. Otherwise, my laptop's inaudible fan is louder than the drive in full operation.

I just put Yu-Gi-Oh cards over the drive's annoying lights to mask it's magic show overnight.

The boy 4rm oz · 28th Sep 2008, 02:44

Looks like a good drive. I prefer to just buy an enclosure and put my own drive i it. At least you get something that looks good and most of the time it is cheaper.

mrb_no1 · 28th Sep 2008, 08:09

i bought a 500g version of one of these for my old man to back up his photos (professional photographer) and the software is awesome. I just mapped his pc's documents folder and now all i do is turn on the free agent which is hooked up to my pc and in syncs with the pc downstairs and adds any new/edited files almost instantaneously,i'm well impressed with it! As for noise, you really cant hear it as its in an enclowed alu shell.

peace

fatman

Jayturn · 28th Sep 2008, 10:40

That enclosure is horrible,looks more like a breadbin!

capnPedro · 28th Sep 2008, 11:58

Lack of Gbit Ethernet (or any at all) ruins it for me I'm afraid.

Hamish · 28th Sep 2008, 18:04

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Originally Posted by Amon

The majority of these external drives should be passively cooled and vented, if that's what you're speaking on. For me, my external drive only makes a mild chirp when spooling up to write/read data. Otherwise, my laptop's inaudible fan is louder than the drive in full operation.

I just put Yu-Gi-Oh cards over the drive's annoying lights to mask it's magic show overnight.

oh well there you go, laptops are loud

i make sure i turn my external drives off at night, just the hum from them idling is way louder than the rest of my system

Goty · 29th Sep 2008, 00:31

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Originally Posted by capnPedro

Lack of Gbit Ethernet (or any at all) ruins it for me I'm afraid.

Well, you're looking for something more along the lines of a NAS enclosure, then, I'd guess, instead of a simple external HDD.

cdawzrd · 29th Sep 2008, 04:05

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Originally Posted by Andy Mc

that enclosure looks fugly.

+1

How is this in any sense "stylish"?

Baz · 29th Sep 2008, 09:35

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Originally Posted by cdawzrd

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andy Mc

that enclosure looks fugly.

+1

How is this in any sense "stylish"?

Clean lines, smooth finish, functional and with a good looking backlit front fascia - seems stylish enough to me. As external drives go, you can do a lot, LOT worse in the aesthetics dept.

Any suggestions of a better looking drive rather than just finger pointing?

Kúsař · 29th Sep 2008, 11:36

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Originally Posted by Baz

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Any suggestions of a better looking drive rather than just finger pointing?

That's only matter of taste. Nothing else. Either you like it's design or not.

DarkReaper · 29th Sep 2008, 15:55

Potentially a stupid question, but if this were to be connected via the wonderful Linksys NSLU2 as a networked hard drive (so that I can use it to download tv torrents without leaving my PC on) would the backup software still work to allow my mum to backup her photos etc?

I've been working an IT helpdesk for the past month and my brain is incapable of thinking of anything techy outside the software I'm answering questions about...

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DarkReaper Alignment: Sarcastic Good Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Belfast, NI Posts: 1,750	Potentially a stupid question, but if this were to be connected via the wonderful Linksys NSLU2 as a networked hard drive (so that I can use it to download tv torrents without leaving my PC on) would the backup software still work to allow my mum to backup her photos etc? I've been working an IT helpdesk for the past month and my brain is incapable of thinking of anything techy outside the software I'm answering questions about... __________________ Yeah, God could have created the Earth 6000 years ago with less than a blink, and set out all the evidence to the contrary just to confuse us. Personally I think that blowing up an entire universe on a timescale of billions of years to create the specific people He wanted has far more style