http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/07/lacie_mini_drive/ Nerds are for Dorks Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:04:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/07/lacie_mini_drive/#comment-12213 cliche Thu, 14 Jul 2005 00:12:50 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1882#comment-12213 Looks nice and very tempting, but one disclaimer. Based on (storage+speed)/price ratio, this is probably a 3.5" desktop drive that needs external power. It also doesn't have an internal fan--thus the claim of 'whisper queit'. However, it'll run hotter than the AMD processer back in the days(It has a little gap in between the drive and the Mini, but who're we kidding here?). So the Mini will heat up because of the drive and the fan in the Mini is likely to run full time--thus, making the claim of 'whisper quiet' irrelevant. It may still very well be worth the switch from 4200rpm to 7200rpm. Looks nice and very tempting, but one disclaimer. Based on (storage+speed)/price ratio, this is probably a 3.5″ desktop drive that needs external power. It also doesn’t have an internal fan–thus the claim of ‘whisper queit’. However, it’ll run hotter than the AMD processer back in the days(It has a little gap in between the drive and the Mini, but who’re we kidding here?). So the Mini will heat up because of the drive and the fan in the Mini is likely to run full time–thus, making the claim of ‘whisper quiet’ irrelevant. It may still very well be worth the switch from 4200rpm to 7200rpm.

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