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Smallest FireWire Enclosure?

Posted by Cliff on from the mini-diminutive-tiny dept.

waffffffle asks: "For my job, I need to carry a bag of tech gear around with me all day. I've been able to cut down on the cables I carry by using only retractable cables, but my other devices are still bulky. I'm looking for the smallest FireWire 2.5" drive enclosure on the market. It seems that many of the sites selling enclosures don't list their dimensions and some of the slimmest enclosures are USB-only, but 6-pin FireWire is a requirement. What is the slimmest enclosure you know of?"

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  1. iPod! by zygote · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Since you didn't specify a capacity (or you did and I didn't notice, bygones...)

    Check out the FW->Dock Connector adapter to avoid another specialty cable. Pocketdock http://www.sendstation.com/us/products/pd_combo.ht ml>

    If you can do less than 6 gigs, the iPod Mini is way small.

    Now, if you want small and CHEAP, well...

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  2. iPod? by olcrazypete · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I use my iPod more for data than music. The PO for it listed it as a 'bus powered firewire hard drive' :) Essential if you are a mac admin who works on client machines. P

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  3. it would help by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful
    if you were clearer and indicated stuff like minimum drive volume needed read write etc. etc.


    so based on your ambiguity i'd say the ipod mini.


    if you're going to ask the /. cover all 5 sides.