Apricorn rolls out pocketable Aegis Mini 240GB 1.8-inch hard drive
By Donald Melanson 
posted Mar 11th 2009 8:41PM
posted Mar 11th 2009 8:41PM
240GB 1.8-inch hard drives have been out and about for a little while now, but they're still a bit of a rare sight in actual products, which is something the folks at Apricorn look set to rectify with their new Aegis Mini portable hard drive. As you can see above, the whole package isn't much larger than the hard drive itself and, better still, it's available in your choice of USB 2.0 or FireWire flavors, which'll run you the expectedly premium price of $269 and $279, respectively. If that's a bit more than you need, you can also grab an 80GB or 120GB drive, which also pack the same shock protection and retractable cable as their more capacious counterpart, plus Apricorn's own Data Protection Suite software.
[Via iTech News Net, thanks Sze]
[Via iTech News Net, thanks Sze]
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Is that a 240 GB Hard Disk Drive in your pocket ? Or are you happy to see porn?
FireWire 400. Bad idea. Guess they'll only be selling the USB ones.
Yeah, who would want to use FireWire 400 anyway since it works independently and actually sustains 400 Mbps. It's all about putting a higher load on your main processor and having your transfer rate fluctuate!
I have one of the smaller ones. Use it with my netbook as a backup and to store media. Nice enuf.
What I really want to know is... when am I going to be able to upgrade my iPod classic to 240GB (I've got the 160GB). I hear tell they aren't compatible with these Samsung drives for some reason. Don't know why.
I don't see a use for a device like this (yet). I've been able to carry pretty much any file I've wanted to on my 80gb mp3 player. I've never had a use for more, and certainly not something that large that I'd feel the need to put in my pocket. I just don't see a very large market for this seeing as how most people have pmp devices that they probably use as secondary pocket storage devices.
I suppose people with the first 1.44mb floppies felt that they had all the storage they would ever need too.
i work in computer recycling and we get these old fuckers in sometimes, i had one the other day that was easily 20 pounds and the size of an unabridged english dictionary with a capacity in the kilobytes. makes you thank the technology gods.
I agree with you. I am waiting to get a nice touch screen mobile with QWERTY with USB mass storage that's more than 16GB... and......It will come soon enough, but why pocket something like this around with you on an every day basis? Most IT people can fit what they need on a USB thumb drive. If you want to carry around TV/Movies/Music for others to see, why not invest in a laptop external? Plus, you have to make sure that your destination has a computer/device to play back your media. I am happy with my Sony 8GB Micro Vault Tiny in my wallet....until a 16 or 32 comes out.
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240GB iPod mod anyone?
Here ya go.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/02/240gb-ipod-mod-now-available.ars
Hey Bill, you wouldn't be able to point to a link that describes how to do that to a 4G (black and white screen) ipod, eh? It would be a great way to bring my dead old 4G back to life.
not for that price just get the Seagate,uhhh forgot the model of it but its there travel sized HDD, got really good reviews, just a USB connec and its small enough you could put in your back pocket but wouldnt reccomend it. Best Buy this week has a deal for the HDD 320GB, for $100 but you get the dock and leather case free. I wanted to check new eggs price first to see if its cheaper if not, I would like to, but probably wont get around to picking one up, i need to have a backup of my music
People are always leaving their keys next to other tiny stuff.
Thank you for making me laugh.
Small and nice HDD, a little bit expensive though.
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Apricot Computers and Acorn Computers must have merged to form Apricorn...
By Sony's definition of "pocketable" a 2TB "pocketable" drive is easy.
I really can't get over the fact that this 'recycled' corporate identity (including the logo) made software for my TRS-80 in 1979. I just can't take them seriously.
Is that the key to a '94 Ford Taurus?
I was quite underwhelmed by this company's product- SSDs are starting to get mainstream cheap- 128GB for a few hundred bucks and no worries on shock amongst other nice upgrades. It might have been useful for a 240GB 1.8 a couple of years ago but I think they missed their mark. Don't mean to ruin their moment- it's just my .02.
Haha, Firewire.
yea right ..
you can get one of these for $23 .. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817193058
and a 500GB segate with G-Force Protection $112 for 5400rpm or $146 for 7200rpm
and all of about 1.5" to 2" longer that this .. not to mention the eSATA transfer rates ..
i don't think so
I'd rather wait for my 36gb SDXC card.
Very Nice!
It slides so easily into the pocket of my stonewashed jeans!
can't actually compare the size since i've seen a laptop inside one of those pockets...