Home > Consumer Reviews > Macally PHR-250CC FireWire 400/USB 2.0 2.5-Inch IDE Hard Drive Enclosure

Used it to upgrade the hard disk inside a Mac Mini PPC. Worked just as expected, it was bootable on Firewire. Most PPC's can't boot off USB, so this was a perfect solution. Speed seems almost as fast as if the disk were internal. Standard Disk Utility tools in OS X worked fine to format and transfer data.

The blue/red/purple activity light was indeed way too bright, maybe they could work on that. Built quality was excellent, everything fit nicely. CD with drivers and manual wasn't needed.

The case is so small that only 9.5mm high drives will fit. Most are that size, but some very high capacity ones are taller and won't fit. Anyone needing a nice small enclosure for a standard 2.5" PATA drive ought to be happy with this.

I'm very happy with it. I us it as a "Full-Time Running" main FW hard drive... with a backup Time Machine drive attached to it. All on a Mac Intel Mini.

All Aluminum. Quiet and Cool !!!

Fan-less.

(put dark tape over the bright blue activity light).

I pulled my 2.5 inch data drive from my crashed Toshiba laptop. The drive C was toast but the drive D had all my data and slid right into the enclosure without a problem. Saved the day, has worked fine ever since, installation a bit obscure to a newbie.

The hard aluminum outer case is in direct contact with the drive. Shock is mercilessly transmitted to the drive it protects. I dropped mine and instantly kill the drive inside. The Western Digital external drive enclosure has rubber all around the drive for protection and. FIrewire on this works great on a Mac.

This is a great product and I am very happy with the purchase. However, the firewire cable that comes with the enclosure is too stiff and sometimes difficult to manage on the go.