The state of computer magazine reviews

by Donald Beaton

 Joel Santo Domingo, lead analyst for PCMag.com, does in-depth review of new Seagate external hard drive on May 2, 2011. Poor Joel couldn't complete his testing because, "We didn't have an eSATA cable at the time of our review, so we couldn't test that interface."

Times must be hard at PCMag.com for they can't afford an eSATA cable, which costs $3.25 on Amazon.com (see

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=esata+cable&x=0&y=0)

However, his investigation did reveal one huge deficiency: "Cons: Adapters come in only one color." What does this tell you about the state of computer magazine product reviews today?

To read the splendid "Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Ultra-Portable Drive (500GB)" review in its entirety, follow this link: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2384772,00.asp

PS:

It's hard to find eSata drives now that USB3 is gradually becoming available. This is sad, because eSata is significantly faster than USB3. The nerds who named "eSata" should have chosen a name like Blitzen-Blast-Konnect (or is that too much like Thunderbolt?).

  

[Donald Beaton is a tech enthusiast and CAD user living in southern California.]