hopefully i can find 2 of these tomorrow to use $15 off $75

Anyone know what brand of drive is in this thing?

mistycoupon said:

NO COOLING FAN !!!!




READ REVIEW HERE.

"The lack of a cooling fan means that the NetDisk is smaller than the Maxtor OneTouch or Buffalo's LinkStation, though a fan can be an important factor in a drive's longevity."

I vote negative only for that reason.
A good Plumax case is $25 dollars, and a 160gb hard drive is $35.

The extra cost is worth it. No way would I put a HD in an uncooled enclosure.

Dude. You dont get the beauty of this deal. This is a network-attached storage drive also. Do you know what that is??? Its a HUGE option. This is a HOT deal!

You dont need a fan.

repairandtutor said:How can I use this wirelessly?

I just picked up 2 of them and the mgr. sold them for $39.99 ea. He knows I'd be back for the price match anyway!!!! Don't have time to play around with them now but....is this possible.......?

Put a wireless network adapter into the usb port of this gizmo...will it communicate with my wireless d-link router? I noticed on the mfg.'s website that they also sell a wireless Netdisk...Wonder if they just did what I would like to do. I'm not that savvy on external drives or networks..other than the usual home consumer stuff. Am sure one of you IT's out there know the answer!!!

TIA...



You can not turn this one into a wireles netdisk. All you can do, if you have a wired port available for this one, put it next to your router and write to it wirelesly from your pc/laptop, as a network share. Unfortunately, these devices are not clever enough to handle wired to wireless bridging and I am not sure if there is a thing-a-magic which plugs into a wired ethernet port and turns it to wireless. Even if it does, it would be cost prohibitive right now.

Yes it does work as wireless data server. I have 80GB version (switched for 200GB one) connected to 54G wireless router (netgear) and it works fine. It serves as a central repository for all my media files, including some video files. It is like video streaming center

Got two...local Bay Area (CA) Store.
many left...maybe about 7 (item cards) displayed.


and thanks again OP~!

PS:gonna use it as device alone USB 2.0,forget network

So you bought them all. I've been on the phone for half an hour checking all the stores from San Jose to Fremont. All sold out. I'm trying the 2 SF stores and Emeryville next.

nomorenow said:Got two...local Bay Area (CA) Store.
many left...maybe about 7 (item cards) displayed.


and thanks again OP~!

PS:gonna use it as device alone USB 2.0,forget network

Would it be safe to just go for the simple price-match tomorrow, receipt in hand w/out the actual product, or should I take the drive and be prepared for a return/rebuy?

These reviews are pretty good.
soupcxan said:Here are reviews of the same unit in a larger size (NDU10-160, deal is for the NDU10-120):

epinions.com 12 reviews

Overall it gets 3 stars out of 5, however all the negative reviews deal with the ethernet capabilities of this drive not working so well. If you're buying it just to use with a single computer via USB 2.0 (like I am), I think you'll be fine. Ignoring the ethernet features, $40 for a 120GB USB2.0 drive is pretty hot. I don't see any reviews that talk about the drive being of low quality like a previous poster mentioned.

puppyfriend said:So you bought them all. I've been on the phone for half an hour checking all the stores from San Jose to Fremont. All sold out. I'm trying the 2 SF stores and Emeryville next.

nomorenow said:Got two...local Bay Area (CA) Store.
many left...maybe about 7 (item cards) displayed.


and thanks again OP~!

PS:gonna use it as device alone USB 2.0,forget network

Mmm....I bought them all????......
well, I said I bougth TWO, and there 7 left.
I'm not other pp here...buy them all and dont leave
any for other FW'ers.