Two of these technologies are still pretty nascent. The third is not widely supported despite its maturity relative to the marketplace. Which interconnects will win the format war?
Macally Phr-100ac Firewire/usb 2.0 3.5-inch Ata Hard Drive Enclosure
AXIOM USB 2.0 to SATA Hard Drive Enclosure
Extra external hard drives are very useful for expanding your computer's capacity to store and retrieve digital data, but when you start to acquire a number of them, they quickly turn into a messy jumble of cases and ables on your desk. Thankfully, many hard disk manufacturers now produce stackable hard drive enclosures that allow you to turn your mess of cables and drives into a neat-looking tower of storage expanding power. Which of these great stackable hard drive enclosures do you like the best?
Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 ED - 4000 dpi - Film scanner (35 mm)
Pacific Image PowerSlide 3650 - 3600 dpi x 3600 dpi - Film scanner
Kodak I1860 - 300 dpi - Document scanner
Braun MULTIMAG Slide Scanner 4000 for 35mm Transparencies
Firewire provides your computer with a high-speed modular interconnect system with speeds that rival that of USB. Firewire makes a good bridge for digital image scanners, because it provides high bandwidth and is easily unplugged and reconnected. Which of these great Firewire scanners do you like the best for capturing images over Firewire?
FreeAgent 500 GB External hard drive - 800Mbps(FireWire800)
Maxtor OneTouch 750 GB External hard drive - 800Mbps(FireWire800)
Firewire 800 is a nice, fast serial port standard, and if you have the right ports for it on your computer, you can connect to specialized external hard drives at blazing fast speeds. The standard is definitely more prevalent in the Mac world, while PCs are much more likely to use the USB standard. Which of these great Firewire 800 hard drives do you like the best?
