Are there S-ATA drives in external enclosures or as backup drives??

[EternalX]

I was wondering if anyone knew if there were external harddrives on the market that have SATA drives inside them. I know there is external SATA, but I am more interested in USB backup drive enclosures that already come with a SATA drive inside them instead of the regular PATA drive. From my knowledge Ive only seen PATA drives inside enclosures.

Are the external SATA drives popular yet? I dont think I have seen any in the stores, have they hit the markey yet to get to stores like Bestbuy, CompUSA or Frys?

 

[Quailane]

I was wondering if anyone knew if there were external harddrives on the market that have SATA drives inside them. I know there is external SATA, but I am more interested in USB backup drive enclosures that already come with a SATA drive inside them instead of the regular PATA drive. From my knowledge Ive only seen PATA drives inside enclosures.

Are the external SATA drives popular yet? I dont think I have seen any in the stores, have they hit the markey yet to get to stores like Bestbuy, CompUSA or Frys?

I don't believe any major manufacturers have them. What is the point anyway?

There are sata-usb external enclosures you can put your own hard drive in.

 

[Goshawk]

Vantec Nexstar3 SATA external enclosure

It comes with an e-SATA bracket too, its pretty sweet.


~ Gos