Comments on: Lightning Review: Brando Multi-Function Hard Drive Dock http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/07/lightning_review_brando_multifunction_hard_drive_dock-2/ the Gadget Guide | Technology and consumer electronics news and reviews Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:57:50 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Brando Tells Apple TV to Suck on this HD Media Player [Home Theater] - elijones.us http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/07/lightning_review_brando_multifunction_hard_drive_dock-2/comment-page-1/#comment-24679 Brando Tells Apple TV to Suck on this HD Media Player [Home Theater] - elijones.us Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:20:09 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/07/lightning_review_brando_multifunction_hard_drive_dock-2.html#comment-24679 [...] doesn’t need any of white plastic’s pomp and circumstance. Instead, their Darwinian hard drive dock gets another upgrade. Now it’s an HD media [...] [...] doesn’t need any of white plastic’s pomp and circumstance. Instead, their Darwinian hard drive dock gets another upgrade. Now it’s an HD media [...]

]]> By: Albert http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/07/lightning_review_brando_multifunction_hard_drive_dock-2/comment-page-1/#comment-9303 Albert Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:24:52 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/07/lightning_review_brando_multifunction_hard_drive_dock-2.html#comment-9303 <p>Yes, this is a good idea. But...</p> <p>Hard drives are volatile media. The idea that you can dock them, undock them, store them, carry them around with no additional protection, is not so smart.</p> <p>If they develop a cool-looking, functional way to carry them around and store them, I might be onboard. To continue the Nintendo theme, why not make cartridges for them?</p> Yes, this is a good idea. But…

Hard drives are volatile media. The idea that you can dock them, undock them, store them, carry them around with no additional protection, is not so smart.

If they develop a cool-looking, functional way to carry them around and store them, I might be onboard. To continue the Nintendo theme, why not make cartridges for them?

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