Iomega 33748 USB 2.0 1TB 2HD x 500GB Desktop Hard Drive
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(5 out of 5)An Excellent Hard Drive
I wish that people-reviewing products stick to that facts and keep the emotion editorialisms out. I DID NOT buy this hard drive after reading these reviews, later to find out from a friend who is a software engineer that he has this drive performing various functions. The result, the drive in a commercial setting has worked flawlessly. As far as "noise" all drives are and this is as a quiet [or if you prefer] noisy as any other. The optical drive in a computer combined with any mass external drive performing simultaneously is going to have noise.
I bought eight drives for my MAC NAS system after my friend's recommendation. I also have LaCie drives and Western Digital and like them also. Each has a different role and all are working very well; neither has been a problem. During constant operation my Iomega drive did not turn off or slow down any operations or any of the functions including movie watching and I review movies!
Bottom-line, it is an excellent drive that performs as well as, or better than, any other drive I have. Read these product reviews with a grain-of-salt. You would be better off checking a professional BLOG for electronic and computer advice. A T1 is a very large drive expected to perform a wide variety of functions. As long as it performs to the specs - you got what you paid for. Buy the drive(s) that suits your purpose of need. I originally didn't buy because of these reviews only later to buy this drive and I'm glad I did.
(5 out of 5)I was hesitant at first, but now I'm glad I purchased this...
It was difficult to find a mostly positive review of a lot of the 1tb external hard drives out there, so for me, it came down to price. This drive is among the least expensive of the ones I looked at, but I was concerned about the noise that a lot of people said this drive makes. Sure enough, when I started using this drive, it made a lot of noise. Then I found a solution. I keep this drive in a vertical position (which it says you can do in the documentation) next to my iMac, and now it's as quiet as can be. Since I never move it, the loud noise has never returned. So, I would suggest operating this drive in a vertical position, and if it still makes a lot of noise, move it ever so slightly until the noise stops.
(4 out of 5)Get what you pay for
It's 1TB at 249- . I think i paid 229- when i got it a few months ago. That's just dirt cheap. For me, it's a mass storage device. It shouldn't be something you're gonna leave on and access all the time. It should be your backup. I agree it's a little noisy -- especially when first activating after being dormant. But I have found the MyBook's even louder sometimes. Anyway, it's cheap and it lets you store a lot.
My suggestion is if there is something you want to sit and watch for two hours -- like a movie via media center or something to your tv, copy it to you main computer (takes two minutes, right?) and they just cycle down the drive. Bottomline: this thing works. And I've had no problems unlike the MANY MAXTORS I've bought and had get inexplicably corrupted. I also recommend the MyBooks.
(4 out of 5)do you like loud?
This drive makes a lot of noise, just like the other reviewer says. I have 5 or 6 other externals. This is by far the loudest (though they are all sub 300GB, except for my 1 TB Cavalry drive).
As a drive, it does what it advertises. It stores a lot of stuff. I'm just not thrilled with the loud buzz it makes during operation sometimes. Sometimes it gets worse. I'm watching a movie off of it right now and the drive was making noise like crazy doing something. I'm not defragmenting in the background, so I don't know why it's doing this, but pushing down on the top of it stopped the noise.
The top and bottom sides of the drive are aluminum, but the other sides are plastic. The other minus is that it is also quite bulky, a full 2 inches longer than the Cavalry CADB001U32 1TB 7200RPM USB 2.0 3.5-Inch External Hard Disk Drive. I suggest buying that instead.
It is a much better, more attractive and compact design, as well as featuring a separate on/off switch for the fan. The small size of the Cavalry and solid aluminum construction looks quite striking compared to this drive. I would give this product 3.5, if Amazon allowed half stars. The noisiness is a big minus.
(4 out of 5)It works
Iomega 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive Value Series External - Hi-Speed (33748)
It works, I guess that's what it's all about. The only complants are, it's a bit noisy, and there is no software for automatic back-ups. Otherwise it sure is nice to have gobs of storage space..