I’ve been looking for the perfect solution to back up my life, basically all the files on my computer. I wanted something that was inexpensive, easy to use, and reliable. I was backing stuff up on CD, that got old fast. I tried DVDs, but I heard the dyes are unstable. Then I heard a suggestion of just saving it on hard drives. Ok, why not?
I bought one of these. The Seritek seemed like a good solution at the time. I was taking advantage of the speed and technology of SATA drives. Whenever I bought a new hard drive for my PowerMac, I could stick the old drive in a tray and use it in this enclosure. External SATA is nice, but it just doesn’t work like a Firewire drive. It didn’t take long before I got super annoyed by these stupid trays. I learned later that there were enclosures out there that don’t require trays. Cooldrives has a few, but I was told the fans would not turn off when the computer is put to sleep. Ditto for the Seritek. That was very annoying to me also. Drobo was another drive enclosure I considered and still am. But it does so much more which comes at a cost, a cost of half a G! This leads me to the Blac X (finally, huh?)
A couple of weeks ago, I was perusing my local Fry’s looking for some kind of hard drive solution. Something caught my eye: a tiny little black box with a picture of bare hard drive plugged into some kind of enclosure like a video game cartridge. Ooh, what’s this? It takes SATA drives, 2.5″ and 3.5″. Nice. USB? Rip off! How much was this badboy? $39.95. Ooh, maybe not a rip off. Is it any good? I pulled out my iPhone and quickly searched the web for reviews just like in the commercials. Ahh, here’s one.. skipped to the conclusion section. Thumbs up. It’s mine!
