Thanks, Remy. I knew you'd have the goods on this. Gary
Remy Davison wrote: > >OK, group, here's a question some of you might find interesting--you in > >particular, Remy. > > > >Compgeeks again has their PowerBoy USB/Firewire (2.5) on sale. I have one > >already that I put the HD from my Pismo into when I removed it. With the 10gb > >expansion drives available would one not be able to pull the HD from that and > >insert it into a (faster) PowerBoy enclosure. What would be the pluses and > >minuses of that? > Gary, it would very much depend upon your FW enclosure and FW controller. > Is the PBoy Oxford 911? If so, it will perform much better on an iceBook > or recent Ti than any Pismo, Ti or CardBus FW. It would probably match > the int. HD on these 'Books. On 'old' FW controllers, it wouldn't max out > the bus on a Pismo but would come close on a Lombard. > > Conclusion: the drive is likely to be faster in the expansion bay than in > the PBoy. Admittedly, 2.5" self-powered FW drives are useful, but optimum > performance is going to come from a 3.5" powered FW drive on a faster > controller, with a 7,200rpm/2MB cache drive, like the 60GXP Deskstar (no > affiliation; but until recently, when IBM released the latest Deskstars, > it was clearly the best. Mine's in an IceCube (marketed as the Fire'n'Ice > case elsewhere). It's a 911, probably equal best performer with the > Granite Digital from OWC, IIRC. I have my Lombard/Wallstreet benchmark > figures with it here: > > <http://www.insanely-great.com/features/011019.html> > > Cheers, > > RD > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
