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From: thepixelfreak on 30 Jun 2010 18:43 Anyone here use a SATA docking station like http://www.newertech.com/products/voyagers3.php ?? I'm wondering how well they work for continuous use as in a cheap alternative to an external drive. I've got a couple external drives (one firewire and one USB) and I don't believe either have a fan in them. My initial concern was that continuous use might present some thermal issues but none of the other enclosures I have have a fan in them. -- thepixelfreak
From: thepixelfreak on 30 Jun 2010 19:05 On 2010-06-30 15:56:45 -0700, Michael Vilain <vilain(a)NOspamcop.net> said: > In article <2010063015433216807-not(a)dotcom>, > thepixelfreak <not(a)dot.com> wrote: > >> Anyone here use a SATA docking station like >> >> http://www.newertech.com/products/voyagers3.php ?? >> >> I'm wondering how well they work for continuous use as in a cheap >> alternative to an external drive. I've got a couple external drives >> (one firewire and one USB) and I don't believe either have a fan in >> them. My initial concern was that continuous use might present some >> thermal issues but none of the other enclosures I have have a fan in >> them. > > Given that these are USB 3.0 and there isn't a USB 3.0 card for MacOS > yet, what's your point? I'd wait until that whole thing isn't so > bleeding edge before I went anywhere near this thing. > > A friend has this one > > http://www.newertech.com/products/voyagerq.php > > and can't say enough good things about it. > > If you're willing to wait a year or two, the USB 3 dock will be more > viable. USB 3.0 is fully USB 2.0 Backward compatible. See http://www.usb.org/developers/ssusb. I'm entirely unconcerned with the protocol. More the physical characteristics and if anyone has used one of these docks in lieu of a more traditional enclosure. -- thepixelfreak
From: thepixelfreak on 30 Jun 2010 19:07 On 2010-06-30 16:05:04 -0700, thepixelfreak <not(a)dot.com> said: > On 2010-06-30 15:56:45 -0700, Michael Vilain <vilain(a)NOspamcop.net> said: > >> In article <2010063015433216807-not(a)dotcom>, >> thepixelfreak <not(a)dot.com> wrote: >> >>> Anyone here use a SATA docking station like >>> >>> http://www.newertech.com/products/voyagers3.php ?? >>> >>> I'm wondering how well they work for continuous use as in a cheap >>> alternative to an external drive. I've got a couple external drives >>> (one firewire and one USB) and I don't believe either have a fan in >>> them. My initial concern was that continuous use might present some >>> thermal issues but none of the other enclosures I have have a fan in >>> them. >> >> Given that these are USB 3.0 and there isn't a USB 3.0 card for MacOS >> yet, what's your point? I'd wait until that whole thing isn't so >> bleeding edge before I went anywhere near this thing. >> >> A friend has this one >> >> http://www.newertech.com/products/voyagerq.php >> >> and can't say enough good things about it. >> >> If you're willing to wait a year or two, the USB 3 dock will be more >> viable. > > USB 3.0 is fully USB 2.0 Backward compatible. See I'm entirely > unconcerned with the protocol. More the physical characteristics and if > anyone has used one of these docks in lieu of a more traditional > enclosure. Malformed link http://www.usb.org/developers/ssusb -- thepixelfreak
From: nospam on 30 Jun 2010 19:19 In article <2010063016050416807-not(a)dotcom>, thepixelfreak <not(a)dot.com> wrote: > > If you're willing to wait a year or two, the USB 3 dock will be more > > viable. > > USB 3.0 is fully USB 2.0 Backward compatible. usb 3 requires new cables and *very* few devices have it, including macs. why pay for it when it will likely not be used?
From: Tom Harrington on 30 Jun 2010 20:25 In article <vilain-B51F3F.15564530062010(a)news.individual.net>, Michael Vilain <vilain(a)NOspamcop.net> wrote: > In article <2010063015433216807-not(a)dotcom>, > thepixelfreak <not(a)dot.com> wrote: > > > Anyone here use a SATA docking station like > > > > http://www.newertech.com/products/voyagers3.php ?? > > > > I'm wondering how well they work for continuous use as in a cheap > > alternative to an external drive. I've got a couple external drives > > (one firewire and one USB) and I don't believe either have a fan in > > them. My initial concern was that continuous use might present some > > thermal issues but none of the other enclosures I have have a fan in > > them. > > Given that these are USB 3.0 and there isn't a USB 3.0 card for MacOS > yet, what's your point? I'd wait until that whole thing isn't so > bleeding edge before I went anywhere near this thing. > > A friend has this one > > http://www.newertech.com/products/voyagerq.php > > and can't say enough good things about it. > > If you're willing to wait a year or two, the USB 3 dock will be more > viable. Since the USB 3 model is the cheaper option, and since they include a cable for connecting to USB 2 systems, it's not as weird as it sounds. Newer Tech has a good reputation so it's probably OK to use, but the usual caveats about new products and new technologies apply. -- Tom "Tom" Harrington Independent Mac OS X developer since 2002 http://www.atomicbird.com/
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