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= UPDATED REVIEW: =17. OCT.2011 I recently purchased and received another Iomega e Go drive via Amazon. This time I selected the 2 TB model - 34796. The drive looks and feels physically identical to the 1 TB drive I purchased last year, which by the way, is still toiling along quite strong. So on the strength of my first experience with Iomega in the HD arena, I bought this one. First task: I plugged in, and the drive immediately displayed on my desktop using Snow Leopard OS. I bought the drive to help begin my transition to Lion. I transferred all the contents of a La Cie Poulton 1 TB drive, via 400-800 firewire. It took 11 hours and 3 minutes for 999.36 GB, 64 MB shy of 1 TB. I then transferred over 200 GB from the Iomega 1 TB e Go using 800-800 firewire in ( Oops I forgot but it seemed quick enough) somewhere around 2 hours I think. Everything I have done so far with these drives just seemed effortless, ( I will leave it to others to do a drop test). Surprising Observation: I mentioned in my first review about power adapter being the same conventional black, and how it would have been neat to see a grey one, then was shocked to see that this 2 TB HD came with a white one. Hmmm Interesting. Still think the power cable should be on the bottom, below the FW800 ports (if standing vertical) and not next the power button. I also mentioned before, the blue sliver of light located at the back of the drive. Well, I have stacked the drives one atop of the other, and indeed the light is obstructed from view. I still think this is design flaw. Conclusion: If you want to take advantage of the price drops in firewire hard drives before the thunderbolt wave, this drive is a definite winner in my book. BTW I still have not used the USB. However, I did consider the Seagate drives too. my thoughts on their product is as follows. I like their design idea that allows.
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