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Iomega Ultramax 1.5TB Pro Desktop Hard Drive with USB 2.0 & FireWire 400/800 Interfaces, for Mac & Windows image
 
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Brand: Iomega
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Iomega Ultramax 1.5TB Pro Desktop Hard Drive with USB 2.0 & FireWire 400/800 Interfaces, for Mac & Windows
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Avg. Customer Rating:
 
1 star
(based on 1 review)
 
BEWARE, WILL FAIL!
By tcouturephotoVerified Reviewer from Maine on 7/25/2009
Pros:
Attractive Design
Cons:
Fan useless, Hot enough to fry eggs, Poor Ventilation, Scorching hot drives, Unreliable
Best Uses:
Gambling with your Data
Describe Yourself:
Power user
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Comments about Iomega Iomega Ultramax 1.5TB Pro Desktop Hard Drive with USB 2.0 & FireWire 400/800 Interfaces, for Mac & Windows:

Don't waste your money!If your Ultramax's haven't failed yet, they will. Anyone doing research on these I would advise against Iomega completely. Get a Drobo or TurboNAS instead!I've had 2 x 1.5tb ultramax pro's and they both ended up with a problem eventually, "click, pause, beep, click, pause, click, pause". I've hooked the actual drives up to my motherboard and they work...I blame it on the poorly designed enclosures. The drives also get scorching hot inside (go ahead and pull a drive out and try and leave your hand on it for more than a second), too hot to touch and that means a reduced life expectancy for hard drives! NOT GOOD![...]...I learned my lesson, never to buy Iomega products EVER again.Here's visual proof that at one time I had 4 of these things in my possession:[@]

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