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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim's SureFire FireWire 800 external HDD does all it can to cater to new MacBook Pro owners]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</guid><description><![CDATA[Hey, my Powerbook G4 has a firewire 800 port too]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[cmj2405]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 16th 2009 5:05AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim's SureFire FireWire 800 external HDD does all it can to cater to new MacBook Pro owners]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</guid><description><![CDATA[And my aluminum MacBook doesn't. :(]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Uncontrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 16th 2009 5:10AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim's SureFire FireWire 800 external HDD does all it can to cater to new MacBook Pro owners]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</guid><description><![CDATA[It just goes to show the lack of any real development.<br><br>Firewire 800 was available in 2003 and yet we are still stuck with it, and the even worse USB 2.0 standard.<br><br>Whats the point of making external drives larger and larger if it takes an age to tranfer data over.<br><br>Bring out USB 3.0 already ffs Intel!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Adderz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 16th 2009 5:18AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim's SureFire FireWire 800 external HDD does all it can to cater to new MacBook Pro owners]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</guid><description><![CDATA[@adderz ever hear of e-sata?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wiigee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 16th 2009 5:31AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim's SureFire FireWire 800 external HDD does all it can to cater to new MacBook Pro owners]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</guid><description><![CDATA[Esata is hardly mainstream]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Adderz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 16th 2009 6:04AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim's SureFire FireWire 800 external HDD does all it can to cater to new MacBook Pro owners]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</guid><description><![CDATA[question: I am not too familiar with drive speed vs rpm. with an FW800 connection, would the drive be limited by the 5400rpm? ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nanowoodward]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 16th 2009 12:55PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim's SureFire FireWire 800 external HDD does all it can to cater to new MacBook Pro owners]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</guid><description><![CDATA[And firewire is?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nikesh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 16th 2009 5:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim's SureFire FireWire 800 external HDD does all it can to cater to new MacBook Pro owners]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</guid><description><![CDATA[How fast do you think this drive is?  Would Firewire 800 be much faster than USB 2.0... or is the 2.5" drive the bottleneck?<br><br>If it's fast... I'd get one of these for my Windows machine... and get a Firewire 800 card too.<br><br>Fast backups at home... USB 2.0 compatibility and portability on the road.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Scrip]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 16th 2009 5:18AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim's SureFire FireWire 800 external HDD does all it can to cater to new MacBook Pro owners]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</guid><description><![CDATA[firewire is better tailored to sustained data transfer (designed for straight video transfer basically) where usb isn't so much so around 800Mbs Vs. 480 it's fast in theory.<br><br>all depends on that internal bus circuitry ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[MattyG]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 16th 2009 5:47AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim's SureFire FireWire 800 external HDD does all it can to cater to new MacBook Pro owners]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</guid><description><![CDATA[USB requires the CPU to watch over transfers. Firewire is DMA, you get lower CPU usage but its also a weakness as demonstrated by a hacker reading/writing directly to memory from a custom Firewire device.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[TREX6662k5]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 16th 2009 6:54AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim's SureFire FireWire 800 external HDD does all it can to cater to new MacBook Pro owners]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</guid><description><![CDATA[Add gigabit and e-SATA to the USB/firewire and we'll call it a winner.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (BarCODE)]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 16th 2009 8:57AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim's SureFire FireWire 800 external HDD does all it can to cater to new MacBook Pro owners]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</guid><description><![CDATA[wow, someone makes a mac friendly hard drive and its engadget worthy? this is why you guys get made fun of for being a big tool for apple. you kinda are.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wiigee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 16th 2009 5:44AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim's SureFire FireWire 800 external HDD does all it can to cater to new MacBook Pro owners]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</guid><description><![CDATA[Perhaps they're reporting on it because some readers would like to purchase it... They don't lick Verbatim's balls in the article about how awesome it is. All they're doing is reporting on a new external HD that is catered to the MBP. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Are]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 16th 2009 12:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim's SureFire FireWire 800 external HDD does all it can to cater to new MacBook Pro owners]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</guid><description><![CDATA[Now just add an expresscard slot to it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[joshua]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 16th 2009 6:02AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim's SureFire FireWire 800 external HDD does all it can to cater to new MacBook Pro owners]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</guid><description><![CDATA[This is the reason why all External HDDs should use E-Sata.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[bolmedias]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 16th 2009 6:33AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim's SureFire FireWire 800 external HDD does all it can to cater to new MacBook Pro owners]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</guid><description><![CDATA[I don't have an e-sata port... ='(]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[zomg0t]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 16th 2009 7:28AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim's SureFire FireWire 800 external HDD does all it can to cater to new MacBook Pro owners]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</guid><description><![CDATA[I like FW drives for the reasons stated above (faster than USB, etc.) but have never embraced eSATA as a contender for portable drives because they aren't/can't be bus powered. That's a deal-breaker for portable users, regardless of OS. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[This Is Me]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 16th 2009 7:35AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim's SureFire FireWire 800 external HDD does all it can to cater to new MacBook Pro owners]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</guid><description><![CDATA[So what was wrong with Seagate's FreeAgent Go mac hard drives?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brent]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 16th 2009 7:21AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim's SureFire FireWire 800 external HDD does all it can to cater to new MacBook Pro owners]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wait, no white version? Blashphemy!  I prefer compatibility where ever I travel, and yes I know the benifits of Firewire, but when I travel I want a device I can take anywhere, and dont spam me with comments about adapters and this and that, its not the same, firewire should die, especially with USB spec. 3.0 to be out soon.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ProfessorKaos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 16th 2009 7:36AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim's SureFire FireWire 800 external HDD does all it can to cater to new MacBook Pro owners]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</guid><description><![CDATA[Firewire 800:  check.<br><br>5400rpm:  FAIL]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aspartame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 16th 2009 7:53AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim's SureFire FireWire 800 external HDD does all it can to cater to new MacBook Pro owners]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</guid><description><![CDATA[The finish kind of reminds me of the pre-titanium PowerBooks.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 16th 2009 8:01AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim's SureFire FireWire 800 external HDD does all it can to cater to new MacBook Pro owners]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</guid><description><![CDATA[Too bad at 5400 RPM you don't really notice the difference between FW400 and FW800. I have a 2.5" 7200 drive in an enclosure with 800 though, and that thing flies. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan M]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 16th 2009 10:03AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim's SureFire FireWire 800 external HDD does all it can to cater to new MacBook Pro owners]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</guid><description><![CDATA[I wonder when USB 3.0 will get around. I won't be buying a new laptop until it's available (which seems like early-2010). =/]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dagamer43]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 16th 2009 11:01AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verbatim's SureFire FireWire 800 external HDD does all it can to cater to new MacBook Pro owners]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/verbatims-surefire-firewire-800-external-hdds-does-all-it-can-t/</guid><description><![CDATA[Just an FYI. I recently purchased this product as a result of this review. Surefire may be closer to the fact than Verbatim wanted. When using it for the first time, I noticed the drive getting uncomfortably hot. I measured the temperature of the unit at 110 degrees (it may have been warmer - I was using a fever thermometer that maxed out at 110). A call to Verbatim got me the information that the drive shouldn't get warmer than 95 degrees. Although the unit appeared to operate normally, I returned it for a refund. Heat and electronics is usually a bad mix.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Les]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2009 11:43AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
