Maxtor’s Media Server Packs One Terabyte
June 30, 2008 by Sean R.
Filed under Misc. Gadgets, Peripherals, Wireless
You know, when I got a Sony laptop with an 80GB hard drive it seemed huge but after about five minutes of BitTorrent downloads, I realized that was naive of me.
I also realized that offloading files, especially music files, to an external drive is problematic. The point of a notebook is portability, and hooking up a USB drive just to listen to podcasts in the kitchen is a pain.
What I need is something like Maxtor’s Central Axis, a one Terabyte Network Attached Storage (NAS). It has a Gigabit Ethernet connection to keep speeds up near those of a local drive, and two USB ports to add further storage when you need it.
And even if you are not hooked into the network via CAT5, you can still get your media via wireless connection when whipping together a tasty late night snack (via a Wi-Fi router).
It’ll even stream movies to your Xbox or PlayStation 3 (PS3) without a computer in between.
The price is not unreasonable retailing for $330.00 USD and will be available July 2008.
Source: Gizmodo
