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Summary: Unbelievable!- but there's a catch
Review: Transfer a LOT from home to office - and back. Was burning CDs, but WHAT a hassle! Was becoming a full time job keeping up with syncronizing the latest updated folders. The 3000LE was my answer and has become a mobile archive/server unit, and What a Godsend it has been!
First, Do NOT buy the 7200 rpm units thinking they are faster - they are not! The 7200 rpm units have a MUCH slower disk seek time, and with a 9ms seek time, the 3000LE at 5400 rpm literally screams!
...that is... IF you have a 2.0 high speed USB port.
I backed up a 120mg database -not directly, but through the office LAN- in about 18 SECONDS.... not minutes - SECONDS, just by dragging and dropping because the network recognized the 3000LE as just another network drive.HOWEVER, copying the same db in reverse at home ran almost 25 MINUTES!!
With a high speed (2.0) USB port it really IS just like another fast hard drive on your machine, or your network, but without it [read: 1 year old laptop like I'm using with 1.1 USB vs. 2.0] you might as well keep burning CDs. ALSO - With Xp, no need to even have the install disk. I plugged it in to 3 different XP machines and they all set me up automatically, and even told me upfront if the machine was NOT a USB high speed connector.
1 last thought. If you plan on going mobile between house and home, buy a second AC adapter and USB cord so you don't have to fool around moving the adapters and cords....
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