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The SmartGuider System by Onnto...

When more external storage is needed, rather than buy another hard disk in another enclosure, this system means that you only need to purchase one enclosure ever, and when more storage is required another hard disk[s] and a handle is all that is required [applies to all the single, double and four bay Onnto models to the right]

Due to the patent design of the DataTale range, it's not possible to push the drive in too far and damage the SATA connection.

After the simple fitting of the SmartGuider handle with four guides/screws, the unit can be carried about in a fashionable and functional soft sleeve [optional extra].

External drive solutions can either be used manually or softwares configured to automate tasks such as backing up. They can provide the answer for people who find their machines filling up with photos and music.

Most people find backing up to a CD or DVD to slow, and memory sticks [aka pen drives] don't hold enough and are also slow.

We don't supply plastic case external hard disks as they don't dissipate heat effectively and usually only offer one slow port. All models below come with a year long warranty on the case relevant to NZ, and feature ample connection ports and cables to suit all needs.

 

Enterprise quality hard disks...

Some manufacturers produce hard disks built to finer tolerances for critical applications in servers etc. MacAssist can price and supply these.

 

All is relative in terms of capacity...

MegaBytes, GigaBytes and TerraBytes...

• 1000 Mb = 1 Gb
• 1000 Gb = 1 Tb

A CD holds about 640 Mbs, and an old floppy disk 1.2 Mb. A photo from a point-and-click digital camera, about 2 Mb and from a high quality digital camera up to 50 Mb

 

A question of connectivity and speed ...

descending = faster

• USB [slow but OK for printing etc.]
• FireWire 400 [useful speed and the staple for Macs for a number of years. Now slowly vanishing. Allows Mac's to boot off ext. drives]
• USB 2
• FireWire 800 [not necessairily twice the speed of 400, and available on most modern Macs]
• eSATA [seriously fast and can be used with some Macs via the small SD card slot].

 

Tiime Machine...

Apple's answer to easy backing up is now acknowledged as being a boon to lite users through to power user designers [with nothing similar for Window's users]. However it is not an archiving system, and for some users this means a comprehensive backup plan needs to be thought through in depth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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