If it were at least 100 to

Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Sun, 12/14/2008 - 10:03pm

If it were at least 100 to 200gigs in capacity it would be great as a system backup storage device. You could make a compressed image of your system hopefully compressed enough to fit within 100 to 200gigs. It would be speedy because it's ESATA and just about everyone has ESATA ports. I would buy this because I can use it for a long time. When USB 3 comes out everyone will have to upgrade their MB or install an ADD ON card inside an already packed case just to use a usb 3 device to its full potential.

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Great idea and it's about

Submitted by jikins999 on Sun, 12/14/2008 - 9:35pm

Great idea and it's about time. USB3 isn't going to be fully implemented any time soon. New motherboards have esata ports. Getting a flash drive at internal hdd speeds is going to rock!

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Money is Everything

Submitted by johnny3144 on Sun, 12/14/2008 - 8:35pm

i think this could go either way... depending on the price.

if this cost no more than 10% comparing to similar USB drives, then why the heck not? geeks would buy them cause they can use it with Esata at home, or USB at everywhere else(well worth 10% more cost), while non-geeks would buy them because geeksquad at best-buy told them it have 1 more thing than the other flash drive(trust me, they passed for something way more absurd before).

 

but if it cost like 30% more... then they might as well dub the drive "EPIC FAIL".

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Are there any eSATA ports on

Submitted by Vegan on Sun, 12/14/2008 - 10:12am

Are there any eSATA ports on the fronts of any computers, even? I've only ever seen them in the back, and that would be a major pain in the ass.

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Not the only game in town

Submitted by Nick Burns on Sun, 12/14/2008 - 3:39am

Both Ao-Lab and Kanguru have announced eSATA drives:
http://www.tweaktown.com/news/10098/portable_flash_drive_gets_esata_connector/index.html

http://www.storagenewsletter.com/news/flash/kanguru-esata-and-usb-flash-drive

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Mmm

Submitted by killerxx7 on Sun, 12/14/2008 - 12:10am

I bet they will make 1-2 batches then discontinue!

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This is just setting itself up for EPIC FAIL...

Submitted by Devo85x on Sat, 12/13/2008 - 8:07pm

Yes you read the title right... I think this is a horible idea, after USB 3.0 comes out then this will already be obsolite... not to mention that most nongeeks would never buy these since they dont know what esata is, and most geeks wont buy them because they cant take them and use them on every computer they use...

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yes

Submitted by dazza145 on Sat, 12/13/2008 - 5:44pm

i think it would be a good idea i would use it a lot because right now i use usb sticks and they are too slow i have a 16gb one and it takes forever to fill it.

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