On 10/17/2011 7:39 PM, steve harley wrote:
on 2011-10-17 15:51 Walt Gilbert wrote
So, I ordered a new external hard drive (Seagate GoFlex Free Agent,
FWIW) late
last week and it arrived today. Upon picking up the box, I thought,
"Did I
order the wrong item, or did those SOB's /send/ me the wrong item!?!"
Turns out, they sent me the correct item, and I'm so far behind the
times
technologically that I had no idea how little a 320 GB USB external
hard drive
weighs these days. It seems just a little heavier than an iPod Touch.
sounds like you got a "portable" drive, which is basically a "laptop"
(2.5") drive in small USB case; these are usually a little slower, and
a much higher price per GB, than the large 3.5" drives you are used
to, but in addition to being small they are usually low-powered enough
they can run from a USB bus without a power supply (in my experience
power supplies are the least reliable part in external hard drives)
Sounds like you've got it nailed down to me. It is a portable 2.5"
drive in a very slim enclosure. The drive speed isn't indicated in the
literature or on the packaging -- and one would assume that if speed
were a selling point, it'd be listed somewhere. And it does run straight
off the USB bus.
Pretty handy little drive for $39.00.
-- Walt
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