I don't know about the Fantom or My Book. I looked at them and wasn't 
impressed. My experience with 8 different external enclosures has 
been -- as one would expect -- you get what you pay for. I have had 4 
drives in enclosures where the data became inaccessible. I had the 
choice of either reformatting or to taking them out of the enclosure 
and install them internally (where they worked fine).

I recommend GOOD drives in GOOD, heat-dissipating (aluminum) external 
enclosures. Last week I compared all options, read a load of consumer 
comments and ended up with a 4th USB Adaptec case and a 500GB Seagate 
drive, bought separately. One can put these things together in 30 
seconds. They run quietly, are pretty fast (although not a fast as 
the 1394a), and the case is barely warm to the touch after running 
non-stop for 7 days. I have seen Adaptec ACS-100s for as little as 
$25.00 (shipping included) on eBay and 400GB Seagate drives for $130.

Andrew

At 2/16/2007 06:32 AM, Lydia wrote:
 >If you buy it and it works out good then let everyone know so we could
 >buy one also. I will ask a friend of mine who knows about this things. I
 >will be like you wonder if it is good or not.

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