This post originated from an RSS feed registered with .NET Buzz by Scott Hanselman. Original Post: Possibly the solution to my Backup Problem - the Iomega Rev Drive Feed Title: Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen.com Feed URL: http://radio-weblogs.com/0106747/rss.xml Feed Description: Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen.com is a .NET/WebServices/XML Weblog. I offer details of obscurities (internals of ASP.NET, WebServices, XML, etc) and best practices from real world scenarios. Latest .NET Buzz Posts Latest .NET Buzz Posts by Scott Hanselman Latest Posts From Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen.com

So, I just ordered this on the spot.  I talked to Ken Getz and I think he's ordered one too.  It may put Iomega back on top.

It's WAY smaller than you think.  I played with it at the Iomega booth.  It's a 35 Gig cartridge (and of course you can compress it.  I wish they wouldn't sell it as a 35G/90G cartridge.  Hell, if I just stored text files it would be a 35G/1T cartridge.  But I'm storing already compressed JPEGs and Digital Video.  Dorks.)

It's USB 2.0 - which I'm digging.  It's just Firewire, but it's USB. ;)  After being screwed by the Windows Firewire stack twice, I'm trying USB 2.0.

The thing that sold me on this Rev is simple: They keep the Drive Heads out of the cartridge.  You can toss the cartridge around (it's very solid) and the heads stay in the drive itself.  It's really like a Zip Drive, except 35 Gigs - and the cartridge is only $50 each.  That's awesome.  I'm going to backup and SAVE EVERYTHING.