JP
Perhaps I’m just not suffused with the CEDIA spirit, but Maxtor’s OneTouch 4 external hard-drive range just doesn’t look as “vault-like” as they’d have us believe it’s been designed to resemble. Still, that’s pretty much the only criticism I can fling at the backup/sync range so far – from the spec list, at least, they seem to have cornered the market for secure storage with more options than you can shake a stick at.
For a start, the range – that consists of the basic OneTouch 4, compact OneTouch 4 Mini and advanced OneTouch 4 Plus and will be available in sizes up to 1TB by the end of October – makes use of simple software that automates multi-machine backup and synchronisation as well as manages the advanced 256-bit AES encryption available on the latter two models.
Inside the casings there are convection cooling systems and shock mounts suspending the inner drive-caddy. Maxtor bundle an app called SafetyDrill, which (on Win XP and Vista PCs at least) creates a real-time backup of your computer’s data and, in the case of a serious crash, when booted from the included recovery CD restores everything from the most recent backup.
The basic OneTouch 4 is available in 250GB, 500GB and 750GB capacities for $99.99, $169.99 and $269.99 respectively; the OneTouch 4 Mini in 80GB, 120GB, 160GB capacities for $99.99, $119.99 and $149.99 respectively; and the OneTouch 4 Plus in 250GB, 500GB, 750GB and 1TB for $129.99, $199.99, $289.99 and $359.99 respectively. All but the 1TB OneTouch 4 Plus are available now; that model will be available by the end of October.
One Response to “CEDIA 2007 – Maxtor OneTouch 4 external storage syncs multiple computers”
Ty September 7, 2007
Wow, that is quite cool and is really not that bad for the price. I’ve always thought about getting an external hard drive for the extra space. But I rarely need it so I just use a hosting account (even though I’m not always supposed too) but I rarely need to do that.
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