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First wireless USB hard drive intro'd by Imation
A boon to every cluttered desktop, Imation has started selling a 1.5 TB hard drive, the Wireless HD ProWX that connects to your PC/Mac via wireless USB, as long as you locate the drive within 30 feet of your PC with the included wireless USB dongle jacked in.
Imation claims a transfer rate of 15 Mbps, which means you can transfer the contents of a full CD in 50 seconds. As soon as you come home and your dongled laptop comes within the 30-foot range, the hard drive automatically reconnects.
You'll pay for this uncluttering convenience - the ProWX is $450, more than three times the price of an old-fashioned wired external 1.5 TB hard drive.
By travismontana at 7:12 PM ON 11/20/09
pretty cool, but to make it practical for consumers with the times being bad I dont think this will sell too fast.
By bob at 8:39 PM ON 11/20/09
ordering one as soon as it comes to newegg.
By winter at 10:36 PM ON 11/20/09
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By R00b0y at 7:43 AM ON 11/22/09
Who in their right mind would buy this piece of crap...
Go get a 2 TB Apple Time Capsule and forget about the crappy 30 foot range. Why use a USB dongle via Wireless when you can simply utilise your existing wireless network to access a back up drive.
This Product = EPIC FAIL!
By Jim at 3:39 PM ON 11/22/09
I agree with R00b0y this is total fail.
I'm no fan of apple, but 15mb/s would make me cry. I'll keep my 1TB wired drive for now. And at $450 I'll wait another 2-3 years until it's $100 for the same size and faster.
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