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| Brand: | Freecom |
| Item Height : | 40 millimetres |
| Item Width: | 11.5 centimetres |
| Hard Drive | |
| Hard Drive Size: | 1000 GB |
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Technical Details
- Home use:
- Store all your digital photos, music, movies, games on one central location
- Take the Freecom FireWire Hard Drive with you and share your files with friends
- Make an extra backup of all your important documents and files
- Office use:
- Store all your spreadsheets, documents, presentations on one central location
- Take the drive home or on the road and work on your files away from the office
- Make an extra backup of your valuable work files
- Share data between computers and networks
- Use the Freecom FireWire Hard Drive for software installations on multiple PC's
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Manufacturer's Description
Stylish and cost-effective external hard drive solution.;Today's world is all about Gigabytes. Programs and data take up more and more storage space. The need for installing an extra hard drive on your Mac is more present than ever. Opening your computer case and installing an internal hard drive can be a difficult job. So why not take the easy route? Freecom offers you the perfect storage upgrade for your computer: the new Freecom FireWire Hard Drive, a no-nonsense external hard drive in a stylish new design. No need to open your computer;just plug the FireWire Hard Drive into the FireWire (400) port of your Mac and you instantly have a substantial increase in storage space. The Freecom FireWire Hard Drive is Mac pre-formatted so you're ready to use your drive seconds after connecting it to your computer. At Freecom we create storage solutions from a consumer's perspective, where convenience, design and quality are key factors.:Free your mind!
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not recommended if you only plan to use on an Apple Mac,
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This review is from: Freecom 31252 FireWire Hard Drive 1TB Mac (Personal Computers)
I was initially very happy with this drive getting good data transfer speeds as I backed up my iMac.
Then I upgraded to Snow Leopard and despite reformatting the drive I was getting a data transfer rate of only ~3Gig an hour. I contacted Freecom support who told me that the firmware needs to be updated to work with Snow Leopard. Whilst I understand that occasionally updates like this are necessary I was very disappointed to discover that the update program they have sent me only runs under Microsoft Windows. Basically their instructions are to disconnect the drive from my iMac, connect it to a firewire enabled PC running Windows, do the update and then reconnect to the iMac or run Windows on my iMac. Based on my experience, if you are a Mac user and don't have access to a firewire equipped PC as well I'd recommend giving this drive a miss.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Silent, instant response, reliable,
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This review is from: Freecom 31252 FireWire Hard Drive 1TB Mac (Personal Computers)
I have had only good experience with Freecom drives. Some I've been using constantly for many years, proving their reliability to my complete satisfaction. They are truly quiet, they are constantly ready for access with no discernable delay whatsoever, and they're well built -- especially the ones like this in the metal housings which are distinctly impressive pieces of engineering.
I chose the Firewire version this time mostly because the extra cost was less than I'd have needed to spend on another USB hub.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent piece of kit,
By Elham Valley Man (Kent) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Freecom 31252 FireWire Hard Drive 1TB Mac (Personal Computers)
Ordered a Freecom Firewire 1tb external disc on the recommendation of a friend. Very impressed with the solid Germanic feel of it taking it out of the box a la BMW and Mercedes. For Mac owners plug and play sums it up but be aware that if you have a relatively modern Mac with a Firewire 800 only port the cable supplied by Freecom is Firewire 400 and will not fit the back of your Mac. This necessitated me getting a 9 pin to 6 pin (Firewire 800 to 400) cable but it was my fault for not reading the spec correctly. Cable arrived next day and just as previous reviewers have said plug it and off you go. Time machine recognises it straight away and the machine backs your system up and is virtually silent in the background. Thoroughly recommended. It is pre-formatted for Mac but needs re-formatting for Windows users so may not be the ideal product for them. Freecom 31252 FireWire Hard Drive 1TB Mac
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