[OT] Does a multi-drive USB external hard disk rack exist?

[ms]

On 06/09/10 00:08, Liam Proven wrote:
> [Shrug] Your mileage clearly varies. I wouldn't spend money on such a
> thing; it would seem to me to be an egregious waste of cash to buy
> lots of storage that you can't access at more than a quarter of its
> full speed.

Well, to me all what counts is the storage. Of course fast access would 
be a plus, but 1)I can't do anything else apart from changing computer 
2)It can turn out useful when I will do that

>> Thanks a lot for the advice. It seems I haven't both of them (it's an
>> Asus Eee 1201n), unfortunately.
>
> Ah. That is *not* a laptop; it is a netbook. They're not the same
> thing, although the lines are becoming blurred.

Well, sorry. I frankly do not know what is the formal definition of 
netbook, so I tend to lump both things together. My netbook works and 
feels much like a small laptop.

> Personally, I would be very reluctant to buy anything much with an
> Atom chip in it - they're sluggish, crippled little things. My
> notebook cost me £200 new (OK, refurbished), is only slightly bigger
> than a netbook and dramatically more powerful. It's an IBM Thinkpad
> X31 from www.sterlingxs.co.uk.

This seems a very good advice, thanks a lot!
I bought the Asus in a great hurry when my previous Gentoo-powered 
Macbook broke, planning to buy a "true" laptop later, but I still didn't 
after more than six months.

> If you have the money to consider some fairly serious storage such as
> you're asking about, you might also consider replacing your netbook
> with an actual notebook PC with high-speed storage interfaces (e.g.
> Firewire) and an expansion slot or two. Just a thought.

Could be an idea. But well, having the money for one of these things 
doesn't mean I have the money for two :)

m.