Re: Powerbook5,7 (G4 17") and USB 2.0 disk drive
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On Wed, 23 May 2007 22:50:45 +0200
Sven Luther <luther@debian.org> 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.
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