I want to get an external hard drive for backupping my stuff. I almost bought one today in Tesco that was reduced but after reading some bad reviews I'm glad I didn't.
I've also been considering a SATA docking station for a while so I can more easily fix people's computers/drives and use some old SATA drives I have lying around. I can do that now but I have to use my IDE enclosure, plug a SATA power adapter into the molex and plug that into the drive, then plug a SATA cable from the drive to a SATA to USB adapter I have, then that to the computer. Then get a big enough HDD for backupping things.
Docks aren't cheap though. A drive and dock would be more than an external drive. More convenient with an external drive that doesn't require a separate power supply. Just wash plug and goplay backup. But I might use the other drives more if I have a dock that I can more easily plug them into.
Never looked into pricing myself, however I imagine it's set at a premium. Would a 42" screen be big enough to see the, erm... 'event' in all its glory?
I did, but it was a flimsy Chinese dick and stopped working after rough handling.
I now have a pair of SATA data & power cables trailing out of the arse of my machine & just hot-swap loose drives when I want to back up & transfer large amounts of data. Crude but effective.
"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked." James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951
Oh no, you don't want a flimsy dick. Definitely better to have a sturdy, solid, rigid one. That was one of my worries after seeing some cheap dicks, they looked like they might fall apart after not much use.
The arse end cables might be a good idea though. Not so useful if I want to plug the HDD into the laptop or somewhere else tohufg.
Yes, I had to extend the power cable, though the SATA data was long enough functionally, if not for elegant usage. But I am used to scrabbling about on my knees, wrangling male connectors.
"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked." James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951
bastard by name