Maxtor 5000DV Personal Storage Review

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Checkout our latest review of the Maxtor 5000DV Personal Storage (http://reviews.designtechnica.com/review63.html)Maxtor’s new 5000DV external hard drive is both large and fast; perfect for those in need of a lot of storage. Add to that FireWire/USB 2.0 support, built in backup software that activates at the touch of a button and you could quite possibly have the perfect storage solution.

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It seems that most of the external hard drive units lately, primarily made by hard drive manufacturers, are forgoing the power button. Maybe it's a way to save a handful of cents ;)

I have always liked LaCie products and their d2 product (primarily the FireWire 800, which is backwards compatible with standard FireWire with an included cable, and USB 2.0 model) [http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10019] looks very nice in the simplistic manner. Not to mention that they stack more elegantly and can be rackmounted or even placed into a mini-rack. The only problem is that LaCie products tend to be a bit more expensive than the Maxtor or WD products.

Nice review and the one-year warranty does stink.