Review: Eagle Consus

Link to article (Overclockersclub.com)

As files become larger and larger, our need for storage expands, and with that, our need for mobile storage. It used to be acceptable to carry around several floppy disks, which would allow you to keep small files on them. Now, however, we want to have the ability to carry around music, movies, and pictures to show to our families and friends. As you probably know, most of these files would be way too big for a floppy disk, and some might even be too big for a USB flash storage device or a writable DVD. This is where mobile hard drives come in to play. They allow you to carry all your largest files around in a pretty convenient package.

The Eagle Consus is one such setup, which will allow you to have tons of mobile storage at your fingertips. The Consus is an external enclosure, which means that it allows you to fit your own hard drive in it. It includes all the electronics to support data to be transferred over USB, even though the hard drive you use isn't. This means that how much storage, and how fast the storage is, is mostly up to you. This particular model allows connection to your computer via USB 2.0, is fanless, and supports Macintosh computers, as well as Windows based ones out of the box. Linux support isn't advertised, but probably isn't too hard, as long as you don't mind getting your hands dirty.