On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Stroller
<strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On 11 Oct 2010, at 12:51, Fatih Tümen wrote:
>> ...
>> P.S. Would you recommend against 7200rpm usb 2.5" disks?
>
> I'm aware of no reason to do so.
>
> Typically usb 2.5" disks can be powered off the USB cable, which is much more
> portable than the PSU required by external USB 3.5" drives.
>
Perhaps there a bit noisier and shortening battery life?
> I would guess that most drives are generally about as reliable as each other.
> They are inherently at risk from mechanical failure, but some succumb within
> weeks of purchase, others not after a decade - it's just a matter of pot luck
> (which is why backups are so important).
>
I would love to see a decade. This one could not make it 5, but the
other one I got is alive for 7 years.
--
Fatih
