-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 23 May 2007 22:50:45 +0200 Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The USB specs mention 0.5 A at 5V, so around 2.5W. This is not enough > to drive a harddisk, especially a 3.5" one.
It's a mobile (2.5") disk. > This is what makes the firewire solution so much superior to the usb > one, since it can usually provide upto around 18W if i remember well. > Just get yourself an enclosure which provide both USB and firewire, > and use the firewire one on your mac. Are there firewire models that are easily portable? One of the attractive aspects of the unit I have now is it's small size. It isn't much larger than the 2.5" disk it encloses. - -- Andrew J. Barr X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.1 (GTK+ 2.10.12; powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu) Ronald Reagan: America's answer to Inspector Clouseau -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGVKxrhuM+Z62a52oRApPKAKDXgga/ix0bfQJRa8/NJZN31WtRAQCfVDZJ O+3wTNqdBj8TECGeVoDRqb8= =/Dg/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
