Hmmm...that puzzles me as well. -Jeff
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Jon Harris <jk.har...@gmail.com> wrote: > I saw a review on one site that killed any idea of me purchasing Iomega. > Not compatable with x64 and I still can't figure that out. How can > something external know or care which OS or 32/64 it is, now a days? That > was why I was looking more at the LaCie ones. I worked with a few of the > USB 1.0 a couple of years ago and they worked well. They were not 24x7x365 > but I did not expect them to be either. Ran a couple into the ground just > for testing. > > Jon > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Jeff Steward <jstew...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am looking to buy an eSATA drive soon as well. I was looking at an >> Iomega, but I'm still wary of them from ye olde Zip drive days. >> >> -Jeff >> On Mar 23, 2011 9:56 PM, "Jon Harris" <jk.har...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Thanks that is what I thought but need to confirm that. ESATA drives are >> > not as common as I would have thought. Seagate and WD are not big >> players >> > in the field companies like LaCie are and others. >> > >> > Have you played any with a LaCie ESATA drive? >> > >> > Jon >> > >> > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> >> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:40 PM, Jon Harris <jk.har...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > Has anyone booted from a USB 2 drive? Was it fast or slow as a snail? >> >> >> >> USB speeds vary quite a lot, depending on the type of drive (flash, >> >> Winchester, etc.), speed of drive (especially with flash, not all >> >> drives are created equal), speed of bridge chip (for hard disks), >> >> speed of USB host controller, phase of the moon, etc. But even at the >> >> best of times, it's going to be somewhat pokey. And the cheap stuff >> >> is painful. >> >> >> >> > What about ESATA slow or fast boot times? >> >> >> >> ESATA is just SATA with a slightly tweaked connector. It's >> >> functionally identical to having the drive inside the box. >> >> >> >> -- Ben >> >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> >> >> --- >> >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> >> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> >> >> >> > >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > >> > --- >> > To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
