The G-Technology has brought G- Drive mini which is a 2.5 inch external hard drive. It comprises an aluminium sheath, incorporated heat sink and also a front grill having air flow space which is the result of usage of perforated sheet. The tool is bus-powered, with and USB 2.0 connection and FireWire 400, 800 options.

The covering of G- Drive mini looks enormously rough and harsh as it is entirely made of aluminium and not any other material. Its weight is less than 9oz but it should be able to survive with 1,000Gs of force when functioning, and up to 400Gs when it’s lively.

It comes packaged with cables for all three boundaries, a CD-based manual, and a leather holding container that proposes good scratch protection when it’s fitted into a bag or second container.

The FireWire and USB ports offer comfortable, sure fits when in use and there are DC-in port and also on-off switch present at the back.

A stress test carried by the means of over 40GB of photos displayed a transmission of 2.43GB/min in a widened copy session. Very minor slowdown was seen by half-full drive when copying the snaps at 2.23GB/min clip. The disk even sustained to achieve 1.63GB/min (27.17MBps) when over 90 percent of capability.

The 500GB drive with the help of Oxford 924 chipset and SATAII hard disk generates a FireWire 800 speed which is regarded as the ultimate for speed tests as compared to what 5400rpm drives delivers. When copying thousands of files it delivers 2.32GB/min, and when copying larger files 2.72GB/min respectively. The drive sustains 465.43 GB of usable drive space when formatted for HFS+, incidentally. The drive is also well-suited with Windows XP, 2000 and Vista.

G- Drive mini is projected as a finest design, and is thus valued as such. It darts fanless, scattering heat through the heat sink and the aluminum shell, which makes in a very calm drive. The dispersion tends to create exterior high heat in heavy use, but this problem, can be overlooked when pondering that the main concern is keeping the internals cool eventually.

When comparison of price tag is done with the other external drives available in market this hard disk is rather expensive. But when it provides fantastic features such as its sturdy built-up, Fire Wire 800 swiftness, a compact shape and moreover if you require fast external drive that is well guarded from strikes and impacts, its worthy purchasing it even if large amount to be invested.