On Jan 10, 2009, at 2:12 AM, Ralph Green wrote:

>
> On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 23:03 -0800, jonas ulrich wrote:
>> http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/NP35FW/
>>
>>
>> Is this a good drive case to buy?
>> -Jonas
>
> Howdy,
>  It should work well with the Mac and it looks OK.  I see that it is
> designed for IDE drives.  I'd look for a case that can handle sata
> drives, unless you had particular IDE drives you want to use.  IDE
> drives may be hard to find in a couple of years.
>  I personally like cases that are a little bigger and have a built in
> power supply.  But, that is my taste and yours may differ.
> Have a good day,
> Ralph

No experience with the Neptune. You might ask OWC, too?

I have one of these (linked below) for IDE drives, and with moderate  
use, have had no problems with it. Currently have a 750GB Seagate in  
it for backup purposes: backup off my home network as a FW drive off  
my Quicksilver. It looks like they have FW800 ones now instead of  
400? It's power supply is external as Ralph pointed out:

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MEFW911UPLOB/

The all newer Aluminum ones look like they may dissipate heat well.  
The Elite Pro ones mentioned above are covered with clear plastic,  
which I have questioned as to their heat release ability ... but they  
seem to work ok with moderate use. My 2 cents worth ...

I have booted off the one I bought ... worked well. Just tested the  
Cold Boot-OPT, and the external drive showed up as one of the  
options, and it booted fine off my QS.


Bill Connelly
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