miniMate Reviews

Its integrated USB and FireWire hub makes this a good, if expensive, drive for Mac Mini owners looking to increase their disk space and gain more connection options.

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As Reviewed at MacWorld.com - December 2005 Issue

The miniMate drive looks like a shorter Mac mini, and is designed to sit under the Mac mini, but you don’t have to own a Mac mini to use this external drive/peripheral-hub combo. Connect a FireWire 400 cable and a USB cable to the miniMate, and you’ll be able to use two more FireWire devices and three more USB devices.

Pros: Boots OS X via FireWire; integrated USB and FireWire hub.
Cons: Modest capacity; high price per gigabyte when compared to other desktop FireWire drives.
Rating :

As Reviewed at MacWorld.com - September 2005 Issue

The miniMate is a great addition to any Mac mini-based set up.

Pros:
Small
Matches Mac mini
Available in 4 models

Cons:
Logo on front

As Reviewed at SpyMac - September 2005 Issue

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Here's a first look at Micronet's new miniMate, an external hard disk and port extender designed to enhance the capabilities of Apple's new Mac Mini by adding up to 400GB of fast storage, 4 USB ports, and 3 FireWire ports....

• Build quality is excellent.
• Color match is perfect.
• I/O panel nice quality/solid.
• Very fast drive.
• Slight drive vibration.
• Bottom of miniMate same design as Mac mini.

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