… I would let Th!nkEmpire handle all of the reviews, but I feel that I must do my civic duty and release a firestorm of obscenities at SimpleTech’s external hard drive.

The Packaging: Promises a stylish, yet functional exterior.  The case to the hard drive is a glossy deep blue, with a LED lighted blue oval ring on the top.  In the center of the ring sits a button, which is supposed to activate a “One-Click Backup” feature.

The Promise: The drive promises a simple, easy-to-use, One-Click feature for backing up a system.  The LED-lit oval, the oval lights up according to how much space is being consumed by the drive.

The Price: Reasonably priced, especially given all the features.  I wonder why that is?

The Reality: This piece of $h!7 causes my computer to completely and instantaneously reboot every time you try to do a automated backup.  Therefore, the One-Click feature is useless.  And to top it off the LED doesn’t work properly. 

The Verdict: Leave this one on the shelf.