| | |  | Computer Accessories | Home » » Iomega MiniMax 500 GB USB 2.0/FireWire 400 Desktop External Hard Drive 33746 | | | | | | | Description: | | Add 500GB of capacity to your Apple Mac mini with the Iomega MiniMax Desktop Hard Drive. Its compact stackable design provides maximum storage to manage organize and protect your digital photos music and movies in stylish simplicity save up to 2000000 photos* 9250 hours of music* or 750 hours of video.* | | | Features: | |
• Device Type - Removable Hard Drive
• Dimensions WxDxH - 6.5" x 6.5" x 1.6"
• Weight - 2.3 lbs
• Connector -- 3 x 4-pin USB 2.0 Powered USB, 3 x 6-pin IEEE 1394a Powered FireWire
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 6.5 inches | | Product Width:
| 1.6 inches | | Product Height:
| 6.5 inches | | Product Weight:
| 2.2 pounds | | Package Length:
| 10.6 inches | | Package Width:
| 9.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 4.1 inches | | Package Weight:
| 4.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 21 reviews |
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20 of 21 found the following review helpful:
 Minimax 500GB hard drive: Nice compact, not really silent.Apr 05, 2007
By M. Friedrich
Setup for Mac easy as usually with Macs: Plug and play. Fits very well under a Mac Mini, a new Airport Extreme or an Apple TV. Fan is audible, not really annoying, but also not really soft.
All in all, very nice product.
11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Don't place under an Extreme Base Station!Feb 13, 2008
By C. Bird
I bought this drive to place under my base station, but it interferes with the wireless signal and causes the connection to be lost. I thought it could be used this way (as advertised here) but was wrong. In the literature that comes with the product it never states that it can be used with an Extreme Base station. While it would've been nice to be able to stack it under the base station on my desk, I now have to find a new location for it far away, defeating the space-saving purpose I had in mind to begin with. I also thought I could plug it into my base station and use it as a USB hub for connecting additional devices to my wireless network (as advertised here). That won't be happening now either. So, the extra money I spent for these nifty features has gone to waste. My own fault for not calling Iomega and asking them directly. Would've been better off buying just a regular external hard drive that stores vertically. I gave it 4 stars because otherwise Iomega makes a good product and I am also happy with the Retrospect software that came with it. And, I'm not sure if they are responsible for the product description given here or Amazon.
13 of 15 found the following review helpful:
 Great Hard DriveOct 27, 2007
By Carlton Ward
"redjelly39"
I have had Western Digital, Maxtor & Seagate 750G (The Seagate didn't work at all). This drive was so easy to install on my Imac with 400 firewire and I quickly backed up 250 gig of photos. Slight hum of the fan but not as loud as my maxtor. I am going to buy another one since they are stackable and will continue to add them as I need more space. I like the 500G size since I have all my photos backed up on 2 drives and burned to disk as well. I dont trust any hard drive to last forever and will remove a drive once full and keep in a safe place. It is very fast to get in and retrieve/edit my large .tif files. It also looks very nice.
10 of 13 found the following review helpful:
 NoisyNov 07, 2007
By Dean
The fan is so noisy that I returned it. In comparison, I have an almost identical Mac Mini-sized drive from Acomdata that is completely silent. Get it instead!
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 I really wanted to like it...Mar 04, 2008
By Photo guy
I bought a couple of these to use with my iMac, one as a primary data drive and one as a backup drive. My plan was to put them under my Airport Extreme Base Station since they are the same form factor. The feature set is great: three FW400 ports and a 3-port USB hub. However, there were three things that really bothered me.
1. They run really, really hot. The top of the case is too hot to touch for more than a moment and I was really concerned that the heat would eventually lead to a reduced lifetime of the drives and the AEBS that I put on top of it. In addition, the warranty is only 1-year.
2. The fans are not very silent. The fans inside are always running and while I don't consider them to be loud, they are certainly fairly audible. They are much louder than my iMac (which is fairly quiet).
3. Did I mention that they run really hot?
In the end, although I loved the form factor and the built-in FW400 and USB hubs, I decided that I didn't want to risk problems down the road with the heat and returned them.
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