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    Nice surplus Thinkpad accessory...

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by brokencase, Apr 24, 2008.

  1. brokencase

    brokencase Newbie

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    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.780

    Bought one of these to go with my T30.
    Unit is plastic molding but has the "carbon" coating.

    I benchmarked it against another cheap import usb 2.0 enclosure and it was
    about 1.5 times faster. There is definitely a difference in quality in the interface. Probably the amount of buffering.

    When I ordered it a few weeks ago it was $20, price is now $26. But I am sure that is much less than IBM wanted originally.
     
    brokencase, Apr 24, 2008
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    SonDa5 Notebook Deity

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    I don't see how an eclosure will increase performance.
     
    SonDa5, Apr 25, 2008
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  3. aamsel

    aamsel Notebook Evangelist

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    Keep in mind that this enclosure works with PATA 2.5" drives, not the current SATA 2.5" models.

    Andrew
     
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    The board inside the enclosure that converts ide to usb is better in the IBM unit than in the other enclosure that I tested.

    As for this not working with SATA, no big deal. IDE drives are best suited for a external USB enclosure and are still availible (and might even be more cost effective in some cases).
     
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  5. aamsel

    aamsel Notebook Evangelist

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    I understand, just pointed it out so that somebody with a SATA drive doesn't order one.

    Andrew
     
    aamsel, Apr 25, 2008
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