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?
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?
The iPad is a great device, but it is both expensive and delicate, so a proper protective case is in order if you are one of the lucky few whop own an iPad. So which case is the best? They all seem to do much the same thing, in pretty much the same way, just using different materials and different designs. Which one is the best way to keep your iPad investment safe?
iPads are great, but they're also quite delicate. They have tiny ports on them that need to be protected from dust, grime, soot, moisture and all other manner of environmental contaminants. A surefire way to reduce your pad's contamination is a fitted protective case for your device. Which of these popular iPad cases is the best?
Carbon Fiber Leather Slim Hard Case For iPad - Silver
Silver is a wonderful color for an iPad case because it is the very color of the device itself. It bespeaks the same austere simplicity that Apple product designers were hoping to evoke when the decided not to issue the device in a rainbow of candy-colored hard shell hues like the did with the original iMac line. Which of these silver iPad cases 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?
Flexiglow Cyber Snipa Game Pad V2 Wired Keyboard - Black
Logitech G13 Advanced Gameboard Command pad - 25 button - PC, Mac
Thrustmaster Ferrari Motors Gamepad F430 Challenge Limited Edition Game pad - Game console, PC
Macally Dual Shock Feedback Gamepad Game pad - 13 button - PC, Mac
A good game pad will make it much easier to play your video games. IF you're using a computer, you will find that adding a game pad makes much more sense than using the keyboard and mouse for most titles. IF you prefer to game on consoles, you are stuck with whatever game pads the creator designed, plus any after-market add-ons that might be available. What is your favorite game pad?
