Aren’t they pretty? You might be wondering, “What are they?â€? And hopefully you can tell that, by the Iomega logo on these bricks, that they are (not zip drives) some very Apple-ish hard drives! These two external storage devices are for Mac owners only, and why would a Windows user want such beautiful drives anyways? One can only wonder. The Iomega UltraMax storage device weighs in at a hefty 1TB, whereas the smaller Black Series is only a single 120GB drive. Both drives support FireWire and USB 2.0, and both are bundled with Retrospect Express backup software. The UltraMax operates in RAID 0 mode by default, but if you want, you can switch it to RAID 1 Mirroring in order to backup your data. The UltraMax is formatted for a Mac out-of-the-box, but it is possible to format the drives to be compatible with a PC. The UltraMax 1TB is currently priced at about $500, while the Black 120GB is priced at around $190. Not exactly a bargain, but then again, they look amazing, so why not? — Nik Gomez

Iomega UltraMax and Black Series External Drives for Macs [SlashGear]

So, you bought your little Mac Mini with ideal thoughts, right? It’s tiny form factor, OSX, its sleek style, and its cool little remote all sold you on the idea of using it as a DVR or media center PC. Who can blame you? It was a great idea at the time… until you came to the realization that while it maximum hard drive capacity of 160GB cuts it for a DVR, it’s not really acceptable for your pride and joy of a music collection, your family’s hundred thousand picture collection, and those movies you ripped to the hard drive. Don’t fret! Iomega has a new devise called the MiniMax to solve your problem. The MiniMax provides you with a half terabyte (500GB) of storage, 3 USB ports, and 3 Firewire ports for all your add-ons. It is priced at $280, a very resonable price considering that 500GB storage packed into that Mac Mini size case. The MiniMax is the exact size of the Mini, so they can stack without a problem.

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