On 2010-03-22 09:14 , Ken Waller wrote:
Questioning the need for this at all ?
Do you have internal HDs laying around that you're using as external HDs?
not exactly; i do have a few extra bare hard drives, but when i use them
it isn't for permanent storage
Seems better to outright buy an external HD from the start - no need for
this device.
the dock has a price advantage (unless you really cheap out on cases)
and a flexibility advantage; it has a bit of a complexity disadvantage
for those used to plug-and-play external hard drives
What am I missing?
i mostly use my dock for utility purposes, such as for temporarily
replacing a drive when another fails, or for testing whether it's a
drive or a case that is malfunctioning, or for getting data off the 2.5"
drive that was inside a broken laptop before sending the laptop in for
repair; but there are also many people who have stacks of bare drives
that they rotate through a dock like this for backups, some also move
those backups to another location until they rotate back in
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