ThermalTake data transfer gauge (with USB 2.0 drive enclosure)
By Thomas Ricker 
posted September 19th 2005 12:15PM
posted September 19th 2005 12:15PM
ThermalTake, best known for their stylin' PC cooling
systems, are now flaunting new external drive enclosures for 2.5 and 3.5-inch disk drives and a big ol' 5.25-inch mofo
for DVD drives. The Muse line-up all feature USB 2.0 connectivity and an aluminum, screw-less design. Fine, but what
really got our attention is that superfluous and oh so smokin' data transfer gauge. Vroooom vroom, daddy, vroom
vroom.
[via Akihabara news]
Okay, how stupid is that?!?! How often are you going to be looking at the side of an external drive unit. If you're like 99.999% of the people out there, you'll have them wedged between two components or stacked horizontally with other components.
I actually have 2 external drives sitting on 2 different towers to the right of my desk and I will look at them to see if any are blinking out of control if there is a data transfer spike and I'm not sure where it's coming from. So I actually would use this from time to time to see if the numbers are matching.
Mmmm...superfluous data transfer gauge.
Pointless? Yes.
Do I still want one? Definitely.
Anyone have one of these yet? I'm in the market for an external HD enclosure and I'm curious about the speed/reliability. This one is the best looking one I've seen by far... not sure if it's worth the extra $10 more than your average enclosure.