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28-07-2008, 12:46 PM
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Headlines - Freecom launches world's smallest 2.5in external hard drive
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28-07-2008, 01:15 PM
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Re: Headlines - Freecom launches world?s smallest 2.5in external hard drive
i wonder when someone will sell external caddys the same size so you can stick any 2.5" notebook drive in. that's handy if you upgrade your internal drive and want to make your old drive a spare external
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28-07-2008, 01:16 PM
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Re: Headlines - Freecom launches world?s smallest 2.5in external hard drive
Originally Posted by uni
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=4197 From 2005 onwards, I reckon.
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28-07-2008, 06:38 PM
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Re: Headlines - Freecom launches world?s smallest 2.5in external hard drive
Originally Posted by Steve
so if they are the same size, what's the big deal about freecoms one? is it a winner by a millimetre or two or something?
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28-07-2008, 06:48 PM
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Re: Headlines - Freecom launches world?s smallest 2.5in external hard drive
Originally Posted by uni
Exactly.
I have a few of these 2.5" cases and they are all pretty compact, although, a few mm is quite a percentage decrease in thickness. Most of the cheap cases the drive isn't tight to rattles about a little bit, the rubber sleave will prevent this. It will also give it an element of drop protection too. |
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29-07-2008, 04:23 PM
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Re: Headlines - Freecom launches world's smallest 2.5in external hard drive
How will the rubber sleeve stop the drive rattling inside the enclosure?
I've got an IcyBox 2.5" one that I'm more than happy with. I'd much rather have the choice of hard drives which go in the enclosure and all for an entire £3 more. |
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29-07-2008, 05:07 PM
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Re: Headlines - Freecom launches world's smallest 2.5in external hard drive
Originally Posted by this_is_gav
Because the rubber sleave is the enclosure. Just like the silicon skins you get for iPods and some phones.
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29-07-2008, 07:48 PM
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Re: Headlines - Freecom launches world's smallest 2.5in external hard drive
Fair enough, but the inside isn't going to be rubber. It'll just be like the old Western Digital PassPort drives, just all the way around.
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29-07-2008, 08:01 PM
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Re: Headlines - Freecom launches world's smallest 2.5in external hard drive
Yeah. It's just a standard laptop drive with a ruber skin and a really small USB controller board at the end.
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30-07-2008, 02:44 PM
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Re: Headlines - Freecom launches world's smallest 2.5in external hard drive
Emm, only 155g and reasonably priced.
Is the case solid enough? And, does anybody know what chipset does freecom uses inside the case? |
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