Newer Tech is well known in Mac circles, I think.
The addition of USB and Firewire hubs is a plus, too.
Has a good quality Firewire chip (Oxford), which is the primary focus for some buyers.

Some drives, although without an actual fan, may be in an aluminum enclosure, making the entire case a heat sink - so the need for an auxiliary fan in that type of case is debatable, plus, the storage will be extremely quiet.

damn, so which would should i get, the v2, the v2.5, or the v3 ??

Those are all different configurations, so you can check those differences, and decide which one suits you the best.
V2 - takes an ATA hard drive, not SATA
v2.5 - takes an SATA drive (like yours)
v3 - adds eSATA, and FireWire 800 to the USB 2 and FireWire 400 that the others have. Also takes SATA drives.

If you are going to use eSATA be aware that many Express eSATA cards overheat and may become unresponsive. My Sonnet one does it. While crappy and cheap Chronos works mostly OK. It depends how much data you are moving. Also it is VERY easy to accidentaly remove the card either bumping it or just pulling it out due to stiff and clumsy cables. If you are in the middle of major data transfer this will most likely to screw your drive directories.
USB2 is not as bad you may think. Specially for simple copying. FW800 is very good to have.

nice Delta, i didnt do the comparison like that.... good looking out.



very nice info there, well i dont plan on using the eSata alot, if at all, but the option to have it would be nice if i ever want to connect this to a Mac tower.



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I plan on simply hooking this up via USB2 to my airport extreme, and serving the house with the data thats on it.