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Iomega MiniMax Desktop Hard Drive - Hard drive - 500 GB - external - FireWire / Hi-Speed USB - 7200 rpm - buffer: 2 MB | 
 enlarge | Brand: Iomega
Category: CE
Buy New: £77.58
New (10) Used (1) from £77.58
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 1222
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Hard Drive Size: 500
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 107.5 x 94.9 x 40.6
Legal Disclaimer: Layer One UK does not offer any warranty other than the one imposed by the manufacturer. Consequently, the warranty conditions proposed by Layer One UK will be an exact copy of the manufacturers.
MPN: 1279189
Model: 33671
EAN: 4019976336712
ASIN: B000JVRQV6
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Product Description
Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / CapacityGB500Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Spindle Speedrpm7200Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Buffer SizeMB2Technical DataStorage Controller / TypeNoneTechnical DataDimensions & Weight / Widthcm16.5Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Depthcm16.5Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Heightcm4Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Weightkg1Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Interface TypeIEEE 1394 (FireWire) / Hi-Speed USBTechnical DataStorage / TypeHard driveTechnical DataStorage Controller (2nd) / TypeNoneTechnical DataHeader / Product LineIomega MiniMax Desktop Hard DriveTechnical DataHeader / CompatibilityPCTechnical DataHeader / ManufacturerIomegaTechnical DataHeader / Packaged Quantity1Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Hard Drive TypeExternal hard drive
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
Good, but limited August 23, 2008
Skip (Hampshire, UK)
I bought this to replace my appallingly unreliable Freecom ToughDrive Pro, which I had been using for back-ups. I use an iMac and what attracted me to the MiniMax were the firewire connection and the integrated USB hub. I thought this would be an opportunity to clear some clutter from my desk.
The USB connections, however, can only be used if the drive is connected to your computer via USB, not firewire. Maybe I'm stupid and should have reckoned on this, but the point is that it has a USB hub in limited circumstances only. If you want to use firewire, which is significantly faster than USB, you will still need a separate hub of some kind (the three ports on my iMac are used by the mouse, keyboard, and printer -- needing to use a memory stick frequently, that leaves me one short without a hub).
The drive is a bit too noisy, but not enough to worry me. The 'i' that flickers when the drive is working is no more annoying than masses of other external drives that have some similar thing. Even though is it expressly designed for the Mac Mini, it looks quite fine next to my white iMac.
Final note: if you do not care about firewire or your computer has no firewire ports, you might be able to find a 500 gig USB-only drive for less.
 It does what it says on the tin August 21, 2008
N TAYLOR (Liverpool,UK)
If you are looking for a no nonsense disk for your mac, then look no further. I have this drive attached to my apple extreme wireless router in my front room. This disk is silent and is a good all-round performer. I have ordered another disk to daisy chain via the firewire interfaces.
Easy and quiet June 13, 2008
Mr. J. Norris (Newton-le-Willows)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Just bought one from the Apple Store in Manchester, could have got it cheaper here ;-(
However, it is very quiet indeed so I can't agree with one of my fellow reviewers here. Obviously if you have a Mac everything it pretty much plug and play, or rather back up. And if you have a Mac Mini it's a neat unobtrusive piece of kit for your desktop. It comes with Retrospect Express which is all well and good but I'd recommend using Backup which is the free app that comes with OSX. It's very simple to use and Retrospect is more complicated than it need be. The drive comes with all the leads and plugs you'd expect including a very neat short length firewire cable for those who do intend to put the drive under their Mac Mini.
I'd say that the only annoying this so far is the flickering "I" symbol on the front but if you're aiming to put it out of sight that's not going to be an issue is it?
Good for Mac user, but could be better May 24, 2008
Geoff Allen (UK)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Works straight from the box, only complaint is that it is slightly noisy compared with the mac mini it is paired with, so I don't leave it on overnight. Also the bright white "I" light that flashes when disc is active is very annoying. Extra Firewire/USB very useful as the mini is a bit compromised on that front.
 Disappointing May 16, 2008
Roger B. (Sheffield, UK)
0 out of 11 found this review helpful
Be warned: this drive has to be re-formatted before it can be used with a PC.
I tried to use the drive with Windows Vista, but I found the re-formatting instructions impossible to follow.
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