G-DRIVE mini mobile drives max out the FireWire 800 port and provide fast data backup and instant access to large multimedia and audio/video files while on the go.

  

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Review: The G-DRIVE mini 500GB The G-Drive mini is a 2.5-inch external hard drive from G-Technology which borrows many design queues from Mac Pros, including an aluminum casing and an integrated heat sink, and even a perforated front grill for air flow. The device is bus-powered, with FireWire 400, 800 and USB 2.0 connection options. >> view video – 05/12/2009, Ev Hunt, Electronista

Review: The G-DRIVE mini The G-DRIVE mini gets a perfect 5 stars from each of the two hosts. >> view video – 04/27/2009, neo-fight.tv

Review: The G-DRIVE mini SSDs are fast, enduring and expensive. The G Drive mini is no exception; 120GB of solid state storage built into an all-aluminum enclosure priced at $599. Let us see what else can be expected from this small and reliable storage device. >> read more – 03/18/2009, Ivan Beres, CrunchGear

G-DRIVE mini Portable External High-Speed Triple Interface Hard Drive - Review G-Tech's newest high-capacity, high-speed, high-value portable external drive now has two Nemo nicknames. The first one is "WithMeAtAllTimes," which speaks for itself. The second one, an acronym, is a "TOED-YEN," which means "The Only External Drive You'll Ever Need." It's true, it's affordable, and it's a screamer. >> read more – 03/16/2009, John Nemerovski, MyMac Magazine

Review: G-DRIVE mini G-Technology's range of hard drives always focus on performance and reliability, and for that reason, its drives are often more expensive than its competitors. But that emphasis on reliability is particularly important for portable hard drives. >> read more – 02/26/2009, Kenny Hemphill, MacUser

Appletell reviews G-Technology’s G-DRIVE mini The G-DRIVE mini is a MacBook Pro user’s dream come true…as far as external storage is concerned anyway. It’s a fanless, triple interface, aluminum encased, external hard drive designed with your Mac in mind. It’s essentially a laptop hard drive inside of an aluminum case with a bunch of connection options. >> read more – 02/02/2009, Jake Gaecke, Appletell

G-DRIVE mini: Ultra Portable Storage Solutions G-technology drives, for lack of a better word, just look cool. If Apple designed external hard drives, they would look like this. They have solid aluminum cases that acts as their own heat sink. There is no fan because the case keep takes care of that for you. >> read more – 11/3/2008, Surfbits

The MacReviewcast #184: BBEdit, FotoMagico, G-DRIVE, Pathfinder, Invoice 3 As good-looking as the G-Drive is, its best view is from behind. In addition to the obligatory USB port, it sports FireWire 400 and 800. The combination of the FireWire 800 interface plus the 7200 RPM drive make the G-Drive run circles around my other portable hard drives. (see the 13:35 minute mark for the G-DRIVE mini review). >> listen to PodCast – 10/1/2008, The MacReviewCast

Review: G-Technology G-DRIVE mini Designed to look right at home with the Mac, G-Technology's aluminum G-DRIVE mini is a portable external hard drive that is one of the fastest of its kind that we’ve tested. With a 7,200 rpm drive mechanism that’s formatted for the Mac, the G-DRIVE mini supports FireWire 800, FireWire 400, and USB 2.0, giving you a wide variety of connectivity options. >> read more – 10/16/2008, Chris Holt, Macworld

G-DRIVE mini, Hard Drives by G-Tech Designed to look right at home with the Mac, G-Technology's aluminum G-DRIVE mini is a portable external hard drive that is one of the fastest of its kind that we’ve tested. With a 7,200 rpm drive mechanism that’s formatted for the Mac, the G-DRIVE mini supports FireWire 800, FireWire 400, and USB 2.0, giving you a wide variety of connectivity options. >> read more – 10/16/2008, Chris Holt, Macworld

External Hard Drive Review - G-Technology G-DRIVE mini 500GB Hard Drive Sweet! Videomaker likes our G-DRIVE mini 500GB, the industry’s first 500GB portable drive. It's perfect for video editing on the go. >> read more – 7/01/2008 by Charles Fulton, Videomaker Magazine

G-DRIVE mini: Great for Travel The G-DRIVE mini from G-Tech is an awesome little portable hard-drive. I got the 250GB, dual interface model and so far it has been wonderful. At 250gb, it has plenty of room to store my Time Machine backups as well as any extra files I (might) need on the road >> read more – 6/19/2008, walkah.net

GeekBrief.TV #275 A G-DRIVE mini is included in their wish list for Christmas 2008. At 500GB and built like a tank, you’ll have plenty of room to store videos, music and photos. See 2:28 min. >> read more – 6/18/2008, GeekBrief.TV

G-Tech G-DRIVE mini Triple (200GB, 7200rpm) See what Cnet has to say about G-DRIVE mini >> view video – 6/04/2008 by Dong Ngo, CNET TV.com

Compact external hard drives now spin faster, too The drive sports a very rugged, metallic look with its aluminum casing that also works as the cooling solution. Despite having metal all over, the drive is still very light, weighing only around 9 ounces. >> read more – 5/29/2008 by Dong Ngo, CNET.com

G-DRIVE mini Triple, a Portable HDD With Speed to Burn If you want the highest capacity portable drive with performance, durability and style, you've got to get your hands on the G-DRIVE mini! >> read more – 5/29/2008 by C.S. Magor, UberReview

The Pod Show – G-Technology at Macworld 2008 Here’s a ~ 3 minute clip on G-DRIVE mini and G-RAID mini from Macworld 08 that posted on GeekBrief.tv. Scroll half way through to see G-Technology. >> read more – 1/18/2008, GeekBriefTV.com

Thanks for this great product! Very cool aluminium cases. I love it. – Eike B., G-Drive mini owner – Schwalmstadt, Germany

My husband and I each own a G-DRIVE mini as backups to our imacs. I got mine because I was envious of his gdrive mini's silent operation. Good riddance to my fan-cooled, external power-sourced Lacie backup drive. – Anne R., G-Drive mini owner – Santa Monica, CA

I love the drives. The Hitachi's are the best and the styling of the drives are great especially next to a mac. The cooling systems are an excellent plus as well and I know that I will be buying more G-TECH drives in the future. – Matthew S., G-Drive mini owner – Jericho, NY

Very happy with my G-DRIVE mini. – Jeff R., G-Drive mini owner – New York, NY

Apple Store guy said that the G-DRIVE mini was the best value and easiest and most trouble free. He was right. I'm a happy guy. Set -up was a simple job and the ease of use combined with its size is most welcome. – James S., G-Drive mini owner – Bisbee, AZ

Elegant. – Charmaine L., G-Drive mini owner – Tulsa, OK

I just purchased one of your G-DRIVE mini Triple drives. I have to say that it is the nicest drive I have seen yet. Even your shipping was great and came faster than expected. This is the perfect drive for us Mac users. I will recommend it to everyone. – Devin D., G-Drive mini owner – Seattle, WA

Great looking drive, and great customer service and support! – Alvin M., G-DRIVE mini owner – Bedford Hills, NY

G Technology products are reliable, efficient, and cost effective, offering everything I need in storage drives. – Lisa H., G-DRIVE mini owner – Candler, NC

Apple-like form and function! – Victhony S, G-DRIVE mini – San Diego, CA

Beautifully engineered, extremely reliable so far and very portable. Will be great for storing physics datasets so I can do analysis wherever I happen to be at the time. – Roger M., G-DRIVE mini owner – Edmonton, Alberta Canada

I chose the G-DRIVE mini because of the added feature of the heat sink design. – Richard U., G-DRIVE mini owner – San Jose, CA

Fabulous support at the Apple Store. Looks like a good product and works great so far. – David C., G-DRIVE mini owner – Springfield, MA

I like the G-DRIVE mini. I was glad to find a high quality product that was Time Machine ready right out of the box. Thank you. – Lisa S., G-DRIVE mini owner – Tampa, FL