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G-Tech 913003-01 G-Drive 500GB Quad-Interface External Hard Drive
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(4.5 out of 5)
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Most Helpful First | Newest First | + Share21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
Excellent external firewire drive
(5 out of 5) by W. Verhoeven on Nov 8, 2007 (Michigan, USA)The product design fits very well with the iMAC which it is connected to. The drive operates as expected and has a fairly low noise level (no fan cooling). After power safe mode it takes a bit to get back up to speed - this can be managed using the power management settings and adjusted such that it doesn't interfere with normal operations. All in all I'm very pleased with the device. I have only used the firewire 800 connection, which works well. By the way - the drive comes with cables for all 4 of it's connection options!.
Excellent product - would buy again and recommend.
Excellent product - would buy again and recommend.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
500GB G DRIVE Q and Leopard
(5 out of 5) by SIGUY on Nov 24, 2007Bought this drive to work with Apple 10.5 Time Machine. It has worked flawlessly. If you read the Apple discussions on other drives and their problems with time machine, you will see that this drive is what you want if you are going to run Leopard. It also has a good reputation for reliability.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
Excellent Mac Choice/Value for Time Machine
(5 out of 5) by JMK on Jan 31, 2008 (Ann Arbor, MI)As a back-up drive for an iMac this product is very user-friendly.
It is VERY painless to set-up with Time Machine via Firewire.
It comes Mac formatted. Plug and Play as advertised. The initial backup could take hours. Be prepared.
It is very quiet.
Aesthetically it well designed.
It does use some CPU when it does it's periodic backups. If you have an older iMac (I have a G5), there is a slight slowing in some functions.
Don't buy any cables! It comes with everything you need.
I have't had any quality issues. -On a rare occasion (3 times in 7 weeks) I get a "back-up failure" message from Time Machine. I have just flipped 'power-off' switch on the drive for 10 seconds, then back on. (So, far it has just happened while I have been performing resource-intense work. I wonder if it is a computer issue.)
Too bad Apple hasn't enabled Airport/Wireless backup for Time Machine (without buying Time Capsule). That is another story.
It is VERY painless to set-up with Time Machine via Firewire.
It comes Mac formatted. Plug and Play as advertised. The initial backup could take hours. Be prepared.
It is very quiet.
Aesthetically it well designed.
It does use some CPU when it does it's periodic backups. If you have an older iMac (I have a G5), there is a slight slowing in some functions.
Don't buy any cables! It comes with everything you need.
I have't had any quality issues. -On a rare occasion (3 times in 7 weeks) I get a "back-up failure" message from Time Machine. I have just flipped 'power-off' switch on the drive for 10 seconds, then back on. (So, far it has just happened while I have been performing resource-intense work. I wonder if it is a computer issue.)
Too bad Apple hasn't enabled Airport/Wireless backup for Time Machine (without buying Time Capsule). That is another story.
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
best external storage
(5 out of 5) by Parviz Sadighian on Jul 19, 2007 (USA)A great small external storage very fast and best of all very quite . you may find a lesser priced storage but 500 Quad- interface is worth every cent.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Great Drive, Solid performance, one of the best out there.
(5 out of 5) by E. Edni on May 23, 2008I have been using G-Tech drives for many years and it's probably the only drive maufacture I trust.
(and I've tried many many other drives), I just read a 1 star review that someone gave and after using them so many years with hundreds of 'improper' disconnections, power failures and 'Hard' shut down, I didn't experience any problems whatsoever, I also had great experience with customer service after I formated one of the drive and couldn't reformat again, after 2.5 years I sent it back to them and they fixed the problem in no time.
(and I've tried many many other drives), I just read a 1 star review that someone gave and after using them so many years with hundreds of 'improper' disconnections, power failures and 'Hard' shut down, I didn't experience any problems whatsoever, I also had great experience with customer service after I formated one of the drive and couldn't reformat again, after 2.5 years I sent it back to them and they fixed the problem in no time.