Bus-Powered Drive Enclosures for Samples

[CallMeZoot]

I do most of my work on a notebook computer, so I keep my sample libraries on an external drive. Right now I have them in a 60gb 7200rpm 2.5" drive (Hitachi Travelstar). The enclosure is bus-powered, so I don't have to bother with plugging it into the wall every time I want to use it (and I can compose on an airplane if I need to). This seems to work, although admittedly I haven't tried pushing it to its limits.

In light of the new group buy which shall go unnamed (ahem), I'm thinking of bumping up to a 100gb 7200 rpm drive, but I'm worried that this is just too much for bus-powering. Has anybody bus-powered a 7200rpm 100gb 2.5" drive? Any recommendations on an enclosure that can support this much power?

Thanks,
chris.

[Richard Berg]

Typically, newer drives have less power consumption than older drives. The only exception are "flagship" drives released with each storage company's new generation, which often have 4+ platters instead of the usual 1-2. That doesn't apply to 2.5" drives, obviously -- you'll be fine.