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Computer Shopper Reviews the ioSafe Solo with a video demonstration
ioSafe manufactures fireproof and waterproof hard drives. On January 9, 2009, Computer Shopper attended this product demo during the Consumer Electronics Show 2009 in Las Vegas, in which ioSafe put its claims to the test, subjecting its drives to water and fire tests for the press. The presenter is Robb Moore, CEO of ioSafe. The product being immersed and burned is the ioSafe Solo external hard drive....
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Best Brand 500GB Hard Drive
ioSafe Solo - 500 GB Fireproof Waterproof External Hard Drive includes $1k Disaster Recovery Service
Product Description:
Like an aircraft black box for your digital data, the ioSafe Solo is the world's first, high capacity, fireproof & waterproof external hard drive. Using a simple USB 2.0 interface, the ioSafe Solo works with your PC or Mac just like any other USB external hard drive. Compatible with almost all backup programs that work with external hard drives. A combination of patented and patent pending ioSafe technologies work to allow for airflow cooling during normal operation yet protect the data from fire and floods. FloSafe vents are open during normal operation. Active cooling is provided by a near silent fan that drives air through the FloSafe vents. During a fire event, the patented FloSafe vents automatically close to prevent extreme outside heat from damaging the hard disk inside the enclosure. DataCast is our proprietary endothermic insulation that vaporizes embedded water molecules during a fire and works hard to protect the inner hard drive from damage even though the outside temperatures spike to over 1500....
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Storage Hardware
Disaster-Proof External Hard Drives from ioSafe
ioSafe will unveil later this month a USB external hard disk drive line-up that the company claims to be waterproof and fireproof. Named Solo, hard disk drives from this series will be available in 500 GB, 1 TB and 1,5 TB capacities. According to the manufacturer Solo hard drives are able to withstand fires rated up to 1,550° F (815ºC ) and can also be submersed in fresh or salt water for 3 days at a depth down to 10 feet (3 m). With three-year warranty, the 500 GB, 1 TB and 1.5 TB ioSafe Solo hard drives will reach the market later this month costing USD 200, USD 250 and USD 350, respectively....
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Compare online backup to fireproof hard drives
ioSafe Solo hard drive protects backup data from fire and water damage
We've previously looked into some online storage options as secure ways to backup your data. While you can always add more drives to a desktop system for redundancy, none of that does you any good if your whole house burns down or ends up under water. The online solutions offer an off-site way to backup files, but are much, much slower than accessing a local drive. ioSafe has found a nice compromise between the two options with its Solo line of external USB hard drives....
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Upgrading the Hard Drive
CES: Iosafe starts the show with fireworks -- or, at least, a fire
IoSafe is a company that, up until now, has provided enterprise-level disaster-safe storage. It is now entering the consumer market with its ioSafe Solo, a 3.5-inch external SATA hard drive that, according to the company, can withstand both flood and fire....
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Comparing Hard Drives
IOSafe Drives Burn, Drown, Survive
LAS VEGAS -- With red anodized cases, black piano finishes, and even leather wrappings, external hard drives come in many colors but are basically pretty comparable devices. At this year's Consumer Electronics Show, one new company hoped that its drives stood out. Startup IOSafe has devised new technology for securing data against such disasters as floods and fires, all for just a few dollars more....
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Fire Safe Hard Drive
Fire-protected hard drive
The iosafe Solo external hard drive is designed to back up computer data and keep it safe, even in the event of a fire or a flood. The hard drive and its contents remain protected against data loss at temperatures up to 1,550°F. It also can withstand full submersion in fresh or salt water at a 10-ft. depth for three days....
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Fireproof Hard Drive Review
ioSafe Fireproof Waterproof Hard Drive
In the past, true fireproof and waterproof computer hard drives were reserved for high end installations. Now these disaster proof drives are available to home consumers.
Using a portable hard drive as a backup device or as a primary computer storage device is a common practice but holds with it one crucial flaw. In order to be a truly safe backup drive the data must be protected from accidental destruction caused by a natural disaster....
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External HDD Reviews
ioSafe announces Solo, the external, submersible, fire-proof HDD enclosure
The last time we heard from ioSafe they were taking 2.5-inch HDDs, wrapping them in armor, then stuffing them into 3.5-inch enclosures -- adding fire and water protection in a standard form factor. Now they've given up on the internal route and have gone for something a little larger and more durable, fitting Western Digital or Seagate disks into hardened external USB 2.0 cases capable of being submersed in ten feet of water for three days or surviving a raging inferno for 30 minutes. $199 gets you a 500GB model, but, since you'd probably have a hard time upgrading the drive in there without a jackhammer, we'd recommend going straight for the $349 1.5TB model -- early adopters get a tidy $50 off!
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ioSafe Solo
ioSafe Solo External Hard Drive
The ioSafe Solo external hard drive is claimed to withstand not only extreme heat but also pressure and cold. The hard drive was tested at CES 2009. It was actually burned in flames and submerged up to 10 feet for 24 hours without springing a leak. No word on pricing or availability so far....
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Best External Hard Drive
ioSafe Solo drive guards against fire and water
Auburn (CA) - Consumers fleeing from their homes in the wake of flooding waters may not think to grab external hard drives containing important data. The need falls then to have a consumer product which could withstand, at least for a period of time, exposure to extreme elements. That's the idea behind the new ioSafe Solo, which starts around $150....
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Video of Hard Drive
1500 degree Fire/Flood Proof External Hard Drive Enclosure
Follow this link to see what happens after IoSafe remove the burnt steel casing of the ioSafe Solo and unwrap the SATA hard drive from its protective shell... did it survive the plunge in the pool, and 30 minutes in a 1550° F degree fire bath?...
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Storage Hardware
ioSafe, Inc. Announces Fireproof, Waterproof External Hard Drive
This week, ioSafe Inc. introduced the ioSafe Solo, a waterproof and fireproof 1.5TB external hard drive. According to the company, the drive can protect data
in fire temperatures of up to 1,550 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes, and underwater down to a 10 foot depth for up to three days....
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USB Reviews
External Hard Drive includes integrated disaster protection
January 22, 2009 - Offering up to 1.5 TB capacity, ioSafe Solo connects to PCs or Macs with the USB 2.0 interface. Unit is both fireproof and waterproof, protecting data in fire temperatures up to 1,550°F and floods down to 10 ft depth for 3 days. FloSafe cooling vent technology provides air-flow cooling to dissipate heat during normal operation and also has ability to detect destructive heat levels and close vents to protect data against extreme heat....
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Data Storage
Hard Drives Designed to Withstand Fire, Flood, Theft
The ioSafe line of hard drives are especially designed to withstand natural disasters and theft. Each is enclosed in a specially designed enclosure and ships with a 3 year disaster assistance warranty from the vendor (5 year protection is optional) in which ioSafe personnel will assist in the recovery of data from the drive as well as, if necessary, provide a replacement drive with the restored data; potentially paying up to $20,000 for the recovery of data from the drive (depending on drive model; see vendor for warranty details). The vendor does not, of course, guarantee the recoverability of the data itself; and the warranty covers only one "disaster recovery event" for each drive purchased....
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High Capacity Hard Drive
ioSafe Solo: the world's first affordable high capacity disaster proof hard drive
Ya call that a hard disk? This is a real hard disk - it.ll withstand fires up to1550 degrees Fahrenheit and can be submersed in salt water for three days and it.ll still protect its precious data. The ioSafe Solo offers disaster protection to a price range that everyone can afford with capacities from 500GB for US$150 through to 1.5TB for US$300 based on the introductory pricing and it.s an enormously compelling proposition if you have data that.s irreplaceable. It isn.t portable, with a weight of 15 pounds and dimensions of 5x7.1x11 inches but it.s just the ticket for that priceless customer database, or the family photo album....
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ioSafe Solo ~ flaming HDs at CES- 01.08.09
Here's what i love about vegas ~ you just never know what or where you.ll end up ~ tonight led us on an adventure into the vegas off-strip suburbs where we ended up tossing the latest ioSafe Solo external hard drive into the color changing rock fountain pool... pulled it out by a cord... then set it on fire! Only to cool it (with clouds of steam) with a hose... and take it all apart to show off the pristine hard drive contained with in... and of course we also cooked a standard hard drive as well, which didn't fare quite as nicely......
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Will it Blend? 1.5 TB Hard Drive
Video: ioSafe Solo Fire/Flood Hard Disk Test Puts "Will It Blend?" To Shame
I was taken to a Vegas house off the strip. There's a fluorescent green pool, a purple jacuzzi. No strippers in sight -- it was time to set a fireproof hard disk aflame.
I was being shown the ioSafe Solo, a fireproof and floodproof external hard drive that's the first consumer product from a company that's only done industrial and government stuff previously. They threw it in said green pool (sadly sans strippers, and sadly not a pool of champagne). Then they put it in a gas burner, cranking it up to 1600+ degrees F....
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1.5TB Disk Drive
ioSafe Unveils Disaster-Proof 1.5TB External Hard Drive
ioSafe has announced the availability of its new disaster-proof external hard drive, the ioSafe Solo. Available in capacities up to 1.5TB, the Solo can withstand fire at temperatures up to 1,550 degrees Fahrenheit and remain submerged in water at depths up to 10 feet for 3 days....
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How to Use and External Hard Drive
IOSafe Drives Burn, Drown, Survive
To secure really precious data, startup company IOSafe has devised a way to protect hard drives from fire and water, for just a few extra cents. And they did it in front of us, just to prove it.
by Jeremy A. Kaplan
LAS VEGAS - With red anodized cases, black piano finishes, and even leather wrappings, external hard drives come in many colors but are basically pretty comparable devices. At this year's Consumer Electronics Show, one new company hoped that its drives stood out. Startup IOSafe has devised new technology for securing data against such disasters as floods and fires, all for just a few dollars more....
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Hard Drive Manufacturer
IoSafe
ioSafe is a manufacturer of disaster protected hard drives. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Auburn, California. ioSafe's storage systems are optimized for heat from fire and complete submersion in fresh or saltwater with the ability to recover data located on the disk drive inside....
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Disaster proof
ioSafe Solo: Disaster-proof external hard drive
Copying data to an external hard drive is probably the easiest, most popular way to back-up. This won't help save important data against fire or flood, however, unless the external hard drive is the one unveiled by ioSafe at CES this year: the ioSafe Solo.
ioSafe is known for making internal hard drives that can survive extreme heat. The ioSafe Solo is the result of putting that internal hard drive into an external case that features a USB 2.0 connection to hook up to a computer....
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Air Cooled Fire Safe
ioSafe Solo 1.5TB External Hard Drive Featuring Disaster Protection Technology
The designer and manufacturer of disaster proof hardware technologies
and devices, ioSafe has launched its new ioSafe Solo, which the company claims as the world's first 1.5TB external hard drive with integrated disaster protection technologies, aiming to improve risks for disk backup disaster recovery solution....
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How to use and install and external hard drive
Photos: Demo-lition of ioSafe's Solo external hard drive
Backing up data to an external hard drive won't help in case of fire or flood--unless the drive is one that can withstand disasters....
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Computer Peripherals
IoSafe Solo, the Unbreakable, Water and Fire-Proof External Hard Drive
Although in our ultra-connected and networked world, most threats (in other words, hackers) to the security of one's data are rather "virtual," there are also certain situations when external storage solutions (typically used for backup operations) can easily break down pretty much at the same time as computers get hit by a disaster (fire, flood, etc.) However, that's not at all the case with the specific device you're about to see as follows, namely the ioSafe Solo, developed by the ioSafe company, a USB HDD that might very well go through Armageddon without suffering any serious damage.
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Customer Review
ioSafe Solo 1.5TB - Best External Hard Drive for Customers
ioSafe Solo is the world's first 1.5TB external hard drive with high level of protection and ruggedness.
For a limited time it is available at a price of $299.99 with a $50 introductory reduction, but you can choose also the 1TB version at $199.99 or the 500GB capacity at a price of $149.99.
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Compare ioSafe vs Sentry Safe
New ioSafe Fireproof, Waterproof Hard Drive: Ready for Battle!
The ioSafe Solo hard drive, strutting its stuff at CES last week, is ready to combat your greatest fears. Known for making disaster hardy equipment, ioSafe has added this 7kg (15 lb.) behemoth to its lineup. Similar to this model from Sentry, the ioSafe:Solo can store up to 1.5TB of your most valuable data and survive 30 minutes of flame or up to 3 days of immersion in water without skipping a byte. Set this huge guy on the floor though because there's no mention of whether it's shockproof at all. They incorporate multiple active and passive systems to ablate heat and water damage which hopefully don't require power to operate....
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Images & Photos of Hard Drives
Photos: Demo-lition of ioSafe's Solo external hard drive
This is the demo unit. The external hard drive is significantly larger and heavier than most external hard drives that house a single 3.5-inch internal hard drive. The Solo, nonetheless, looks good....
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Fireproof Hard Drive
ioSafe Solo: Could I interest you in a fire-proof hard drive
People concerned with the security of digital information generally assume that data loss will happen electronically, either by accident or by targeted attack. That's a pretty good assumption, but data loss can occur for other reasons as well, being in a fire for example. I say that as a retired volunteer firefighter who has seen first hand what fire, heat, and water do to electronic equipment.
Fireproof and waterproof data storage
It's hard to believe that something could be fire and waterproof at the same time, certainly not sensitive data storage devices like a hard drive. It appears that I need to start believing, as ioSafe has figured out how to make affordable external hard-drives that are:...
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1TB Disk Drive
ioSafe 1TB Solo External Hard Drive Fire/Waterproof
ioSafe Solo is the world's first, high capacity, fireproof & waterproof external hard drive. Using a simple USB 2.0 interface, the ioSafe Solo works with your PC or Mac just like any other USB external hard drive. Compatible with almost all backup programs that work with external hard drives. A combination of patented and patent pending ioSafe technologies work to allow for airflow cooling during normal operation yet protect the data from fire and floods. FloSafe vents are open during normal operation. Active cooling is provided by a near silent fan that drives air through the FloSafe vents. During a fire event, the patented FloSafe vents automatically close to prevent extreme outside heat from damaging the hard disk inside the enclosure. DataCast is our proprietary endothermic insulation that vaporizes embedded water molecules during a fire and works hard to protect the inner hard drive from damage even though the outside temperatures spike to over 1500F. HydroSafe is our patent water protection. It consists of a heat conductive water barrier membrane that surrounds the drive. HydroSafe allows the heat created by the drive during normal operation to dissipate yet protects the drive from damage even when completely submerged in fresh water, salt water, and/or muddy water!...
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Customer Review
Hands On: ioSafe Solo External Hard Drive with Disaster Protection
Today, I am taking a look at the ioSafe Solo external hard drive. This is single drive USB connected device that
looks more like my Sans Digital DAS unit, size-wise, than a single drive external package.
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And it weighs a lot more. 15 pounds to be exact. Why is that? According to ioSafe:
The ioSafe Solo was developed to provide protection where data is most vulnerable. Home users and businesses
often leave valuable and irreplaceable information exposed to natural disaster because of what was the expense
and time consideration of implementing a disaster recovery solution. The ioSafe Solo changes all of that!
Quite simply, the reason why this device is rather large and heavy is that it is built to protect your precious data
in the event of a disaster, whether from a fire or flood. The ioSafe Solo is rated to protect the contents from fire up
to 1550°F and submersion in fresh or salt water up to 3 days at depths to 10 feet. I can visualize 10 feet of water,
but is 1550°F enough for a fire in your home? According to the Oklahoma State Department of Heath, "In only
3 1/2 minutes, the heat from a house fire can reach over 1100 degrees Fahrenheit." This seems like a comfortable
amount of headroom for the temperatures generated from a fire....
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External Storage
PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: ioSafe Solo External Hard Drive with Disaster Protection
The ioSafe Solo is an external hard drive that attaches to a computer using a standard USB connection. Set up is a simple process, and most computers are immediately able to use the additional capacity.
The hard drive can withstand fires and is rated up to 1,550° F per the ASTM E119 industry standard. It can also be submerged in fresh or salt water for three days at a depth down to 10 feet. To protect information, the Solo was built using three technologies developed by ioSafe: FloSafe for cooling, HydroSafe for water resistance, and DataCast for extreme heat protection....
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Best Brand 1.5TB Hard Drive
ioSafe Solo - 1.5 TB Fireproof Waterproof External Hard Drive includes $1k Disaster Recovery Service
Like an aircraft black box for your digital data, the ioSafe Solo is the world's first, high capacity, fireproof & waterproof external hard drive. Using a simple USB 2.0 interface, the ioSafe Solo works with your PC or Mac just like any other USB external hard drive. Compatible with almost all backup programs that work with external hard drives. A combination of patented and patent pending ioSafe technologies work to allow for airflow cooling during normal operation yet protect the data from fire and floods. FloSafe vents are open during normal operation. Active cooling is provided by a near silent fan that drives air through the FloSafe vents. During a fire event, the patented FloSafe vents automatically close to prevent extreme outside heat from damaging the hard disk inside the enclosure. DataCast is our proprietary endothermic insulation that vaporizes embedded water molecules during a fire and works hard to protect the inner hard drive from damage even though the outside temperatures spike to over 1500....
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Microsoft Access and Server
ioSafe Solo USE External Hard Drive with Disaster Protection
Now here's an interesting product. ioSafe Solo External Hard Drive, Fireproof Waterproof Rugged USB in 500 Gb, 1 Tb or 1.5 Tb capacities.
Note however that the fire rating is only 1/2 hour at 1500 F. While this is probably quite adequate for most disasters if the fire is real bad this won't be sufficient. Or the proverbial tornado, etc. You will still need offsite backup.
That said I'd put this device in it's own closet with fire resistant drywall on all the walls and ceiling as well as a steel fire door. And a sprinkler.
My job description today is paranoid pessimist....
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Air cooled disk drive
Hard Drive Reliability with FloSafe™ technology from ioSafe external hard drives and NAS Storage Server Systems
What do you get when you combine heat generating hard drives inside a 1700°F capable, sealed fireproof safe? An oven!
The Achilles heel for computer backup drives is cooling. As hard drive electronics get faster and hard drive disks spin faster, the heat generated increases. Even with a very small amount of energy, the inside volume can get incredibly hot. Every ioSafe data storage product, through an ingenious engineering design, has overcome this problem.
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Comments & Reviews
ioSafe Solo External Hard Drive
The ioSafe Solo external hard drive is one tough cookie that is touted to withstand not only extreme heat but pressure and cold as well. The hard drive was actually engulfed in flames at CES, and sleeps with the fishes comfortably when submerged up to 10 feet for 24 hours without springing a leak. This is something we won't mind having, but is it really that practical? After all, how many of us have actually dropped our hard drives down the toilet bowl, or swimming pool, for that matter? In the case of a fire, the ioSafe Solo certainly shines, although one could also keep the hard drive in a fireproof safe instead (but that's less practical)....
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Hard Drive
ioSafe Fireproof USB Hard Disk Drive and NAS Storage Server Hardware in Rugged Waterproof Enclosures, Desktop, 3.5" Internal Pilot or Squadron SATA Resistant to Fire, Impact, Flood, Water Submersion, Hybrid
Ruggedized fireproof and waterproof hard drives and network attached storage backup hardware from ioSafe provide disaster recovery and business continuity protection in the event of a computer or NAS storage server crash. Like an aircraft black box, these fire resistant and waterproof fire safes are engineered for small offices, home offices, and business enterprises to fully protect data from computer failure, fire, flood, impact, theft, sprinkler systems and fire hoses. Does your insurance policy do that?
On this website, you'll find everything you need to make the best choice for internal hard drives for computers, PC or Mac Workstations and storage servers. Learn more about backup planning and get for data storage, backup, and recovery hardware from the most trusted products for long term digital asset storage. Learn more today by clicking on an icon or product below....
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DVR Recorder with Hard Drive
Fireproof Digital Video Recorder (DVR) with ioSafe Internal Disk Drives, Waterproof Digital Data Storage for Security, Insurance and Audit Precedures
ioSafe DVR Hard Drives installed inside or externally attached to your DVR or digital video recorder (DVR) will record motion video in digital format to a fireproof hard disk that is also waterproof for sprinkler or flood protection. Any storage device from rackmount hardware to,a computer desktop PC with internal hard drives will work and ensure that your digital video images can be recovered in the event of a fire disaster or flood. Many of our clients choose to purchase our complete NAS systems or USB RAID hard drives...
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Hard Drive Review
ioSafe Solo Review: The World's Best External Hard Drive
Like bikinis and speedos, external hard drives have gradually become smaller and cuter over the years (scratchArmor that ... speedos are never cute ... especially small speedos!). But there are times when appearance should be secondary to functionality - and external hard drives are such a case. Would you prefer your critical data to be backed up to something that's small, sleek and shiny but which offers no real security at all? Or would you prefer it to be protected by a suit of armor?...
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External Hard Drive for Mac
Don't Let Your Creative Work Get Cremated!
As a creative, my work is naturally an important and functional aspect of myself, an extension of myself, a meaningful facet of my total personality and emotional well-being. Okay, you guessed it: I am a Mac user. As such, I do a lot of "artistic" work and creative design. Now, realize I am not discounting other creative jobs like coding and accounting. I am just stating that colors, shapes and smart blurs are sometimes a little less than quantifiable sometimes. As such, I could not imagine losing the massive array of work I have done over even the last year.
Who could?
Unlike flat copy or photographs, accounting spreads or sketchbooks, digital artwork of any kind is always susceptible to corruption, compatibility and destruction - very similar to government. That is why I have found the perfect tool; not only effective, but an aesthetic sister to your little white world (or silver if you're a Macbook Pro user!).
Introducing the ioSafe Solo. Fifteen pounds of pure data protection coupled with USB functionality makes the Solo a sure bet when it comes to unpacking it and plugging it right in. You're good to go. Starting at $149.99 for the 500 GB hard drive, even the proverbial "starving artist" can afford to save his precious portfolio, forgoing the time-honored "freelance diet." For those of you new to this term, it is a manor of diet consisting mainly of not eating because you lack the funds....
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