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(More customer reviews)The actual drive inside this thing is a Samsung Spinpoint M7 (HM320II). Not a huge fan of Samsung drives, but it's not bad according to the specs. I can achieve write speeds of around 20-21 MB/s on large files, while on a bunch of small files it sometimes drops to about 8Mb/s, which sounds about average. I like the matte finish, and surprisingly doesn't get very hot even after leaving it connected overnight.
There is no installation required. Just plug it in, and it will show up under My Computer as a new hard drive. If you're a Mac user I recommend that you format it first with Disk Utility, as it comes pre-formatted in NTFS. Oh, and don't plug it in an unpowered USB hub, because it won't work (or at least will perform badly, since it uses the USB port for power). Use one of your motherboard's USB ports directly. Also, the cable is standard mini-USB so replacement will be cheap if you ever lose it.
I can't say anything about longevity, but will update this review if it stops working after an unreasonable amount of time.
UPDATE (2/7/10): It's still working fine as of today. I upgraded my motherboard to a more recent one (which I assume also comes with a newer USB controller), and I experienced a slight increase in performance with this drive. So I modified the numbers in the first paragraph to reflect this change.
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