Hi David, Yes, the 500GB compared to 32GB would certainly influence my decision. There's no denying that the Seagate GoFlex Satellite is much more economical on a per-MB basis than the Kingston Wi-Drive. And I would imagine if you are watching movies or listening to music or reading a book from the drive, you would not need to be online at the same time. So probably not an issue for you. Of course it is a larger unit to pack than the Kingston.
Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 26/04/2012, at 6:56 PM, David Wood <macwo...@mac.com> wrote: > Hi Ronni, > > Yep that is a downside.... I have a quite extensive photo library (34GB) and > music library (78GB) which I often need to refer to when I travel, plus I do > like to take movies and tv shows with me and books to while away the boring > hours of journey time.... Goflex I see this as a way of doing all this > without tieing up the space on my iPad. I will however have another look at > the Kingston Wi-Drive..... has anyone any experience of this model? > > I am sure like everything, a new and better model will be along soon, but at > the moment the Goflex seems to fit the bill the best.... unless of course > someone knows of something else that maybe released in the next 8 weeks > before I set off again? > > David > > > On 26/04/2012, at 6:30 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > Hi David, > > You are aware that The Seagate GoFlex portable hard drive 500GB > > " The one downside to using the GoFlex Satellite is that, unlike the Kingston > Wi-Drive, you can't connect to the Internet while you're connected to the > Satellite. > It's a bummer considering the connected nature of the iPad." > > <http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/storage/seagate-goflex-satellite.aspx> > > <http://forwardthinking.pcmag.com/hard-drives/291140-the-kingston-wi-drive-a-slim-way-to-expand-your-tablet-storage> > > <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2388571,00.asp> > > Cheers, > Ronni > Sent from Ronni's iPad > > On 26/04/2012, at 4:39 PM, David Wood <macwo...@mac.com> wrote: > >> Hi Peter, I am interested in the Seagate Goflex Satellite as well.... >> depends what you read on the reviews, Cnet doesn't much like it but I have >> read reviews from the US where people are raving about it, especially multi >> iPad families. >> >> I am going to give it a go.... best price I have seen so far is $205 at >> BigW...... cheaper in the US of course....$169 at Walmart and $179 at B&H >> New York. >> >> D. >> >> >> On 25/04/2012, at 1:19 PM, Peter Sealy wrote: >> >> I have an iPAD 2 and am considering purchase of an external storage unit >> such as the Seagate GoFlex Satellite or Kingston Wi-Drive. There are quite a >> few of these devices on the market now and I am asking whether any of the >> gurus here use any of them. >> >> Any comments, road tests, pluses/minuses, etc? Comments I have seen on >> places such as Amazon on all of these units seem very mixed. >> >> Appreciate any views. >> >> ............................. >> >> Peter Sealy >> Thurgoona AUSTRALIA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
