Hardware-Unlimited heeft een review online gezet van de fireLINE 30GB Firewire hardeschijf van Evergreen. Deze schijf is op het moment alleen aan te raden als je echt een redelijk snelle externe hardeschijf nodig hebt. Hij is namelijk 3x zo duur en veel trager dan zijn IDE tegenhangers. Zo haalt ie in alle tests een gemiddelde doorvoersnelheid van ongeveer 6MB per seconde. Toch zijn ze bij Hardware-Unlimited redelijk positief over het apparaat. Dat blijkt uit de volgende conclusie:
Pro’s
-Easy to Set Up
-Easily Portable
-Large Storage Space
-Very Promising for the Future of External Storage
Con’s
-Not Nearly as Fast as Internal IDE Drives
-Not Very Cost Effective
The portability and speed compared with typical removable drives is excellent, but it is no replacement for a fast internal drive. For backing up data and transporting it, a Firewire hard drive might just fit your needs. But looking strictly at the cost is some cause for concern. The idea of being totally portable and simple to install, however, will persuade those to whom cost is no object. However, considering the fact that these drives sell for nearly three times the cost of the same size drive in UDMA100 or UDMA66, will dissuade those of us who are left. Hopefully, if the cost comes down to that of an internal drive, I would be one of the first ones to jump on the bandwagon to add this external hard drive. I just can’t emphasize enough how the ease of set up and use as well as the portability amazes me. In the next year or so, once every computer ships with a Firewire interface, the drive will find a newer and large market. This hard drive is in a very promising light, and I look forward to seeing ways to get more speed out of it.
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