Comments on: USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE Adapter with One Touch Backup http://the-gadgeteer.com/2006/08/07/usb_2_0_to_sata_ide_adapter_with_one_touch_backup/ Gadget reviews and news by Julie Strietelmeier and friends since 1997 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:23:57 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: zahadum http://the-gadgeteer.com/2006/08/07/usb_2_0_to_sata_ide_adapter_with_one_touch_backup/comment-page-1/#comment-22825 zahadum Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:50:26 +0000 #comment-22825 <p>1) attn editor @ gadgeteer:</p> <p>please contact all vendors before your product review to determine if/when/how they will have mac drivers!</p> <p>it should be a common courtesy ...</p> <p>but marketshare will soon make it simply a practical necessity - the mac already 20% marketshare (usa retail laptops) and is heading towards 30% next year.</p> <p>the chinese oem's in hk/tw who supply your gadgets may not understand the realities of where the growth lies in the marketplace (because they are so out of the loop) but it your responsibility to your readers to at least get the basic info from the PRODUCT MANAGER (not from pr weasel or a first-line crm).</p> <p>2a) this review does not address the issue of whether ipods (and other i* devices) can be backed up with this new addition to the Double Dragon ...</p> <p>would this level of connectivity require that media players support the 'Extended' feature of 'USB-On-The-Go' which requires a slightly more intelligent host adapter than the generic kind.</p> <p>2b) file transfer via direct USB connection will surely have a higher throughput than when mediated through a file browser on an o/s (ie an embedded controller like the doubledragon presumably doesnt suffer from all the I/O latency that a desktop PC would impose, correct?) ... some benchmarks would be useful on this point.</p> <p>and certainly direct disk-to-disk data transfer would be quicker for an ipod than using the built-in archive (dvd) feature of itunes, correct?!</p> <p>3) it would be nice to know (again talk to the PRODUCT MANAGER!) why two sata are supported but yet the controller chip does not support two pata drives?!</p> <p>btw: it would be nice to know of the doubledragon controller was developed in-house or is a merchant chip which DD then has oem'd into the branded solution they offer now?</p> <p>Thanx in advance for doing a better job in the future!</p> <p><em>[Edited at August 26, 2008 23:53:24 PM.]</em></p> 1) attn editor @ gadgeteer:

please contact all vendors before your product review to determine if/when/how they will have mac drivers!

it should be a common courtesy …

but marketshare will soon make it simply a practical necessity – the mac already 20% marketshare (usa retail laptops) and is heading towards 30% next year.

the chinese oem’s in hk/tw who supply your gadgets may not understand the realities of where the growth lies in the marketplace (because they are so out of the loop) but it your responsibility to your readers to at least get the basic info from the PRODUCT MANAGER (not from pr weasel or a first-line crm).

2a) this review does not address the issue of whether ipods (and other i* devices) can be backed up with this new addition to the Double Dragon …

would this level of connectivity require that media players support the ‘Extended’ feature of ‘USB-On-The-Go’ which requires a slightly more intelligent host adapter than the generic kind.

2b) file transfer via direct USB connection will surely have a higher throughput than when mediated through a file browser on an o/s (ie an embedded controller like the doubledragon presumably doesnt suffer from all the I/O latency that a desktop PC would impose, correct?) … some benchmarks would be useful on this point.

and certainly direct disk-to-disk data transfer would be quicker for an ipod than using the built-in archive (dvd) feature of itunes, correct?!

3) it would be nice to know (again talk to the PRODUCT MANAGER!) why two sata are supported but yet the controller chip does not support two pata drives?!

btw: it would be nice to know of the doubledragon controller was developed in-house or is a merchant chip which DD then has oem’d into the branded solution they offer now?

Thanx in advance for doing a better job in the future!

[Edited at August 26, 2008 23:53:24 PM.]

]]> By: dodo http://the-gadgeteer.com/2006/08/07/usb_2_0_to_sata_ide_adapter_with_one_touch_backup/comment-page-1/#comment-22829 dodo Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:16:59 +0000 #comment-22829 :confused: I have puchased this from GIZOO and it will not work for me. I am running XP Pro with SP2, but I keep getting the notice that the USB device is not recognised and no driver has been installed for it. HELP :confused: I have puchased this from GIZOO and it will not work for me. I am running XP Pro with SP2, but I keep getting the notice that the USB device is not recognised and no driver has been installed for it.
HELP

]]> By: Julie http://the-gadgeteer.com/2006/08/07/usb_2_0_to_sata_ide_adapter_with_one_touch_backup/comment-page-1/#comment-22828 Julie Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:32:24 +0000 #comment-22828 tknifton: OS X doesn't require any drivers. It should be plug and play. Have the hard drives already been formatted with NTFS on a Windows machine maybe? tknifton:

OS X doesn’t require any drivers. It should be plug and play. Have the hard drives already been formatted with NTFS on a Windows machine maybe?

]]> By: tknifton http://the-gadgeteer.com/2006/08/07/usb_2_0_to_sata_ide_adapter_with_one_touch_backup/comment-page-1/#comment-22827 tknifton Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:36:52 +0000 #comment-22827 I bought the USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE Adapter and they forgot my driver disk. My Tiger Mac won't recognize any drives, and there tech support keeps e-mailing me links to their Windows Drivers. 2 weeks and still no working solution. Anyone know where to find the Mac Drivers for this? I bought the USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE Adapter and they forgot my driver disk. My Tiger Mac won’t recognize any drives, and there tech support keeps e-mailing me links to their Windows Drivers. 2 weeks and still no working solution. Anyone know where to find the Mac Drivers for this?

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