"All the drives come preinstalled..." with Sony's proprietary compression software that will only run on certain systems and won't be supported after a few years, might rootkit your machine, and near enough ensures incompatability.
Lessons well learned by everyone's favourite Prop-Tard (Prop-tart?) Company!
But does it work well? I've seen many a Sony product look good, then die in 6 months.
And what the heck is with these USB disks all coming with crapware now too? It's bad enough that some come with the crap, but the U3 stuff really ticks me off. Who said they could install fake CD drivers?
WD My Passport Essential 500GB Portable Hard Drive - Black (USB 2.0)
WD Caviar Black 1TB Hard Drive (Serial ATA-300, 7,200 RPM, 32MB)
WD My Book Essential Edition External 1TB Hard Drive (USB 2.0, 16MB)
Intel X25-M Gen2 160GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (SATA)
WD My Passport Essential Portable 320GB Hard Drive - Black (USB 2.0)
Sony notion for retractable USB stick just clicks
Anonymous Coward
All the drives. #
Posted Tuesday 27th May 2008 02:17 GMT
"All the drives come preinstalled..." with Sony's proprietary compression software that will only run on certain systems and won't be supported after a few years, might rootkit your machine, and near enough ensures incompatability.
Lessons well learned by everyone's favourite Prop-Tard (Prop-tart?) Company!
Tim Bates
Looks nice #
Posted Tuesday 27th May 2008 05:34 GMT
But does it work well? I've seen many a Sony product look good, then die in 6 months.
And what the heck is with these USB disks all coming with crapware now too? It's bad enough that some come with the crap, but the U3 stuff really ticks me off. Who said they could install fake CD drivers?