EZQuest now has both the Thunder Pro A/V FireWire 400/USB 2.0 and then later on, both FireWire 800 drives and RAID FireWire 800 systems. Pictured is a 1.6TB (1,600 GB) RAID drive.

Designed for audio/video professionals, the Thunder Pro A/V FireWire 400 comes in an anodized-aluminum enclosure and is one-third smaller than competitive drives. Without an internal fan, these are very quiet units and offer data transfer rates of up to 36MB/sec read and 34MB/sec write.

In addition to two FireWire 400 rear ports and USB 2.0 ports in back and front, there is an extra front-access FireWire port that allows fast connect/disconnect and Smart Switch--that automatically turns the drive on when it is connected. The Thunder Pro A/V comes in four configurations: 160GB, 200GB, 250GB and 400GB.

EZQuest offers a two-year warranty and 48-hour repair turnaround for all of its Pro A/V products. Thunder's key software features include A/V tuning and Disk De-frag. All drives are optimized for audio-editing programs such as Digidesign Pro Tools, video-editing packages such as Apple's Final Cut Pro, Avid Xpress Pro and Adobe's Premier Pro. These drives also work well for computer-animation programs such as Discreet's 3ds max 7, Alias' Maya 6 and Softimage's xsi 4.

Shipping in May, 2005, MSRPs are: $249 for 160GB, $289 for 200GB, $349 for 250GB and $699 for 400GB capacities. EZQuest at 714-694-0031 or visit www.EZQ.com