Iomega MiniMax Hard Drive, FireWire 400/USB 2.0, 1TB - 33957

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.5 x 8.5 x 12.2 inches ; 3.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0019C4OLY
• Item model number: 33957
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #740 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)

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• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 13, 2008

Product Description

Product Description
Add 1TB of capacity to your Apple Mac mini with the Iomega MiniMaxDesktop Hard Drive. Its compact, stackable, design provides maximum storage to manage, organize and protect your digital photos, music and movies in stylish simplicity. The drive is also expandable with a three-port FireWire and three-port USB 2.0 integrated hub to help you go with the flow!Save up to 4,000,000 photos, 18,500 hours of music, or 1500 hours of video.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy Setup, October 15, 2008

By	Roger Plichta (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It was extremely easy to setup the drive. Just plugged it in and it was Mac formated and found by the OS. It has been running 24/7 since I purchased (only a few weeks now), but is quiet, not terribly hot, and functioning as intended.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for the Mac Mini, March 2, 2009

By	John Rutherfurd (Alpharetta, GA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Not just for the Mac Mini

I originally purchased one of these as a companion to a Mac Mini. But it has been such a spacious and reliable drive that I have purchased more for different machines including my Windows laptop. And the built in USB hub is a nice touch. It is so convenient I don't know why it is not a standard feature of all external hard drives. I highly recommend for use with PCs or Macs.

If you do use it with a Mac Mini, I have a recommendation. Somewhere in the documentation I read where it suggested to stack the MiniMax under the Mac Mini. While it does fit and stacks nicely, it gets way to hot. I would recommend putting them side by side.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Does what it's supposed to and looks good doing it, May 29, 2009

By	mindonfire (SoCal) - See all my reviews

This is a solid product for a good price. It looks good and is a great addition to a Mac Mini media pc set up. Stack these things up and you can get all your dvd's on there with the right software. Works like a charm.

That said, it is worth noting that, as of today (5/29/09) not a single one of the 1 star reviews has had anything negative to say about the actual product as far as I can tell. That is, they either didn't receive it, or it took too long to ship, or it had scratches on it or looked used, etc. I realize that people need a place to post their problems,and those are legitimate problems. It's just that ALL of the negative reviews are not actually about the usefulness or functionality of the product itself. Just something to keep in mind when you might be tempted to overvalue the star rating.