Product Description
Some hard drive companies design desktop-class drives with the Serial ATA (SATA) interface. To meet the demands of enterprise storage, WD is going one better. Western Digital is the only company combining an enterprise-class mechanical platform with the SATA interface to meet all the demands of the enterprise environment - reliability, performance, and reduced cost.
Customer Reviews:
Raptors going the way of the dinosaur?.......2007-11-16
I've been reading lately about solid state disc(SSD) drives making their way to the consumer market. With no moving parts they would be much more quite then the drives we use now, are super fast, but they also cost their weight in gold. A 32GB SanDisk SSD drive will run you over a grand! Until those prices drop I'll stick with a hard disc drive, thank you very much! :D
As far as the Raptor goes I couldn't be happier with its performance. The price isn't bad and the read/write times are impressive. Right now I'm only running one of these but in the near future plan on running a dual boot system and using two of these for the OS's and essential programs. My 2x TB drives will hold all my movies and other media.(Hi-Def media really eats up the HD space quickly, I still remember when a Gig was a ton of space!)
One of Vistas touted features is ReadyBoost or using a jump drive, but when you have a Raptor theres no need. I saw no noticeable improvement in access times when using ReadyBoost, the 4GB Corsair Voyager GT actually seemed slower than when using the Raptor.
While the Raptors are far from silent(Samsungs Spinpoint drives are very quiet!) I wouldn't say they are loud. My Liteon DVD drive is much noisier then my Raptor so I have no complaints. I'm hoping in the future WD releases larger than 150GB drives so I can just use them in place of 7200RPM drives, time will tell. While the price premium of a 10kRPM drive wont appeal to everyone, I think the small increase is worth it to enthusiasts looking to squeeze every last bit of performance out of their setup. Recommended!
+Fast drive+all black,sleak...-bit noisy...-pricy-,only sata-150.......2006-11-24
I have 2 of these in RAID-0, they literally saturate the sata-1 bus @ 150mbps. Would of been better if these drives support SATA-II at the time they were released...Can get rather noisy in a quiet environment (sounds like some slugs in a plasticbox being shaked) when heavily accessed..but atleast the audible frequencies are in the lower spectrum and doesn't have the high pitch sound that comes from my 15,000 rpm SCSI Seagate Cheetah, which is much slower than this although made since 2000. Don't go for the raptor-X infront of this one, as that one has a lower MTBF, is more audible (due to the special cover), and is entirely more expensive, unless that's what you want ofcourse. They are otherwise, identical in performance.
Excellent Product.......2006-07-23
This is a great drive. 10,000RPMS loads up everything quick, and i have never seen anything that you could compare to the speed of this Raptor. Great Drive.
Nice Drive.......2006-07-13
Drive works great...replaced two 36gb Raptors with this one. Have not used it in a RAID setup but I noticed better performance with the 16mb cache over the 36gb Raptor which only had an 8mb cache.
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PNY P-NSA2-PCM-RF 3-Port eSATA Card Bus
Manufacturer: PNY
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics
Host Bus Adaptors
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Drives & Storage
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Computer Add-Ons
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Computers & Add-Ons
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Categories
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Electronics
Product Features:
- Connect 2 external SATA hard drives to your notebook computer ,This card supports data transfer rate of 150MB/second
- Supports Hot-Plugging
- 150MB/second is faster than USB, Firewire, or PATA ,SATA transfers at up to 1200Mbit/second versus USB 2.0 at 480 Mbit/second
- Supports SATA hard disk hot-plugging ,Windows Vista compliant, also Windows 2000, and XP
- The card has 2 External ports (I shaped)
ASIN: B000XYZ2EW
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Product Description
The eSATA 2-Port CardBus is the perfect solution for users who want to add eSATA ports to their notebook computers. Notebook users can enjoy the fastest performance with any external storage devices, as much as 3 times the data transfer rate of USB 2.0.
Product Description
Die Cuts with a View has done it again! They've taken their best selling stack paper and added stickers and vellum qoutes combined with coordinating patterned paper and cardstock and created these fabulous Scrapbook Kits In A Stack. Available in both 8''x8'' and 12''x12'' sizes and several themes. Each pad contains enough supplies to create a whole album full of coordinating pages!
Product Description
The ProCurve Switch 4200vl series consists of modular chassis that provide a flexible, cost-effective LAN solution as an alternative to stackables. These switches offer a proven chassis form factor with high quality and reliability in 10/100 and 10/100/1000 scalable solutions that integrate easily into any network.
Customer Reviews:
Cute and functional.......2007-12-13
I ordered for rather silly reasons: the price and the color. The red headset matches my red Palm Treo perfectly. And the fact that it sells for under 50 bucks is nothing to sneeze at. But despite ordering it for all the wrong reasons, it works well.
However, I do have some words of caution. First, it is so small that there is the danger of losing it which I almost did on more than one occasion. The fix to that is to make sure the headset in your ear snugly. Second, it shuts off after you charge it and you seem to have to hit the "on" button just right to turn it back on which is frustrating. Third, if you have a Palm, you have to re-pair it every time you turn the headset back on, which is annoying. Fourth, the sound quality is not the same as if you were speaking directly into the phone which is probably the same for all headsets, but there is no buzzing or static that is experienced with other headsets.
A great thing about this headset is the range. I was using it the other day in the house and forgot to take the phone with me to the other room! I only started to lose the signal when I was about 70-80 feet away from the phone. Since this is my first experience with a Bluetooth device, I am not sure is this is the norm, but I was impressed nonetheless!
Best Headset.......2007-12-11
I purchased this one to match my palm centro. I love it. I have an old motorola and the hook over my ear annoyed me, especially when i wore sunglasses. This one is smaller and because it fits directly in you ear it eliminates alot of background noise. Its takes some getting used to in positoning it in you ear. I love it so much that i brought one as a gift for my mom.
One Slippery Little Bluetooth.......2007-11-07
This is a very cute Bluetooth that complements any of the many red cell phones on the market. Unfortunately it is near impossible to keep this placed in your ear properly. Unlike other Bluetooth headsets out there this one does not have a piece to go over the ear, which really aids in keeping it in place.
The WEP200 Bluetooth goes directly inside the ear canal. It has different rubber buds to help keep it in your ear, but unfortunately none of them work very well. The WEP200 Bluetooth constantly rotates around in your ear so that the speaker is pressed against your earlobe. You have to constantly rotate it back up so that people can hear you on the other end of the phone. My wife first had problems keeping it in place and thought that maybe her ear just wasn't designed right for this type of Bluetooth. Then I tried it for a week and had the same problems.
The WEP200 Bluetooth has a cool sleek look and reminds me of Uhura's earpiece from the 1960's 'Star Trek' show - but it's really annoying to have to wear.
Great little Bluetooth!.......2007-10-26
This is a great little bluetooth. I've had a few and each time wearing one of them, the caller on the other end complained that they could not hear me. I've worn this one for a few days now and no one has made a comment and I can hear them great.
What most impressed me was the Voice Dialing. This is not a feature I use with my Blackberry so when the little voice in my ear asked me who I wanted to call and knew there were a couple of numbers to choose from, AND I actually didn't have to take the phone out of my purse to dial them, I thought then that the price I paid for this was well worth it! What was even better, the price on this was under 30.00!
I highly recommend this bluetooth.. My only reason for giving it a 4 instead of 5 is the fit of the ear bud. I've read that there is a certain way to make it fit correctly but I've not read the manual yet to find out how...
One of the best blue tooth.......2007-10-04
It's light, comfortable to wear. The only down side is that it does not have a range. You need to stay within a few feet of your cell phone to get the good signal.
Product Description
IBM 16/4 Token-Ring PCI Mgt Adapter NEW 34L5001
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