MaPower Combo MAP-H31C2: Heavy And Expensive
Contents
- 1. Requiem For Floppy Disk, CD And DVD Storage
- 2. Hard Drive Enclosures
- 3. Icybox IB-355-U: Flashes When Transmitting
- 4. Icybox IB-355-U, Continued
- 5. Icybox IB-350UE-BL: Cool Design With Blue Lighting Effects
- 6. Icybox IB-350UE-BL, Continued
- 7. Icybox IB-350US: Comes With A Fast Serial ATA Converter
- 8. Icybox IB-350US, Continued
- 9. Kingwin's KH-350U Goes Disco
- 10. Kingwin KH-350U, Continued
- 11. Lindy ME-720SI: Serial-ATA Goes External
- 12. Lindy ME-720U2SI: Internal IDE, External S-ATA And USB 2.0
- 13. Lindy ME-720F2U2: Pricey IEEE1394b Enclosure
- 14. Lindy ME-720F2U2, Continued
- 15. MaPower Combo MAP-H31C2: Heavy And Expensive
- 16. MaPower Combo MAP-H31C2, Continued
- 17. MaPower Warps MAP-KC31U2G: Flashy Design
- 18. Sharkoon's Rocketpod: Complicated Assembly
- 19. Sharkoon Rocketpod, Continued
- 20. Vantec Nexstar NST-350UF: Flyweight At 240 G
- 21. Vantec Nexstar NST-350UF, Continued
- 22. Cheap Adapter Solutions For Purists
- 23. ARP Hi-Speed Adapter, Continued
- 24. HWShop4U USB/IDE Converter Offers No Power Supply To The Board
- 25. The Wiebetech Combodock Offers An Aluminum Enclosure With An IEEE1394b Connection
- 26. Wiebetech Combodock, Continued
- 27. Benchmark Results
- 28. Evaluation
- 29. Our Recommendations
- 30. Technical Data
15. MaPower Combo MAP-H31C2: Heavy And Expensive
At 750 g the Combo MAP-H31C1 Mapower is the heaviest enclosure in the test. The power supply and connection cable weigh just under 1 kg to which you have to add another 400 g for the 3.5" hard drive. That's a lot to lug around for a mobile drive. For more than $129, the customer gets a model with FireWire800 and USB 2.0 ports. A 3.5" hard drive with IDE interface fits inside the enclosure, managing an average 24 MB/s via USB 2.0. If the combi-drive is addressed via IEEE1394a, however, the data rate sinks to 10 MB/s. Other test computers and IEEE1394 cables failed to push the 10 MB/s envelope.
Inconspicuous aluminum enclosure
Retail packaging
A bit of a squeeze
USB 2.0 and IEEE1394B support
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