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(More customer reviews)I recently purchased the v3 to complement my existing group of two of the older MiniStack v2s. Overall, I like the firewire 800 and the quality of construction seems much improved. But the new fan in the V3 is louder than the old MiniStack which is quite a bummer. But with the Firewire 800 and Sata support, it's much faster than the v2. And the fact that they throw in every cable you could need is a nice touch.
Also I have to take issue with some of the other reviews here. One person ding'ed it because it didn't have a drive. That's not the fault of the MiniStack - clearly the person didn't do their research - this is just a harddrive enclosure. But then another person complained that it "failed" and they lost their data - that sounds more like the harddrive they put inside the MiniStack failed, not the MiniStack itself. And lastly, I haven't had any hub problems at all. You just need to realize that if you want to use the USB ports, you must connect the MiniStack to the computer via USB as well. You can't connect it to your computer via Firewire and expect to be able to use the USB hub features (this is all explained clearly in the manual).
Overall, it's a nice little drive enclosure that fits in well with the mac mini or even iMac (same brushed aluminum). I just wish it was quieter.
For the curious, I grabbed a Western Digital Caviar SE16 640GB drive to put in it - very nice: [...]
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