Comments on: Fabrik [re]drive Is World’s Most Eco-Friendly External Hard Drive http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/07/28/fabrik-redrive-is-worlds-most-eco-friendly-external-hard-drive/ Deliciously Geeky... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:25:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Greg Chaffins http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/07/28/fabrik-redrive-is-worlds-most-eco-friendly-external-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-386395 Greg Chaffins Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:16:38 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=12245#comment-386395 The drive seems to be more of a gimmick (bamboo?) than anything really helpful. A smaller physical drive would be much more energy efficient, using less power. This big drive still apparently requires a seperate power supply, since it would draw too much from a standard USB port. Almost shameful to call it green. The drive seems to be more of a gimmick (bamboo?) than anything really helpful. A smaller physical drive would be much more energy efficient, using less power. This big drive still apparently requires a seperate power supply, since it would draw too much from a standard USB port. Almost shameful to call it green.

]]> By: james http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/07/28/fabrik-redrive-is-worlds-most-eco-friendly-external-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-386348 james Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:03:57 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=12245#comment-386348 In my case, the "world's most eco-friendly external drive" is my desktop's old hard drive, slapped in a $20 no-name external case. Every time I upgrade my main machine, the drive gets replaced. There is nothing environmentally friendly about the hard drive mechanism inside this box - it's the same old toxic device that everyone else is lugging around. In my case, the “world’s most eco-friendly external drive” is my desktop’s old hard drive, slapped in a $20 no-name external case. Every time I upgrade my main machine, the drive gets replaced.

There is nothing environmentally friendly about the hard drive mechanism inside this box – it’s the same old toxic device that everyone else is lugging around.

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