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Last year, getting 500GB out of a big desktop external hard drive was impressive. Now, you have have half-a-terabyte of storage in the palm of your hand. Literally, if you happen to have LG's new XD2 about your person. LG XD2 LG's XD2: certainly not a PDA Taking design cues from Samsung, its South Koran rival, LG has …

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  1. Hayden Clark Silver badge
    FAIL

    USB power

    Too many of these 2.5" drives take more than 500mA on spin-up, killing some laptop USB interfaces. Most people have no clue about this, and won't bother plugging in both cables.

    A properly-designed unit would first check for sufficient power being available, or use a drive with modified firmware that would spin-up much more slowly.

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  2. Anonymous Coward
    Jobs Halo

    MacBook Pro

    MacBook Pro users are ok - USB ports are rated at 1.1A.

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