Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Buffalo 1.0TB MiniStation vs Buffalo HD-PC500U2 external hard drive

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Comparison of 1.0TB MiniStation, HD-PC500U2
22 specifications	A Buffalo 1.0TB MiniStation View product	B Buffalo HD-PC500U2 external hard drive Model HD-PC500U2 View product
Hard drive1 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	1 TB	500 GB
Interface	Serial ATA	Serial ATA
Type	HDD	HDD
Featuresidentical
Product colour	Black	Black
Plug and Play	Yes	Yes
LED indicatorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Poweridentical
Bus powered	USB	USB
Power consumption (typical)	2.5 W	2.5 W
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)	5 - 35 °C	5 - 35 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20 - 80 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	20 - 80%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions2 differ
Width	77 mm	77 mm
Depth	114 mm	114 mm
HeightDiffers	17 mm	14 mm
WeightDiffers	150 g	165 g
Other features1 differ
Internal	No	No
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
USB requiredKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows7 (32bit, 64bit), Windows Vista (32bit, 64bit), Windows XP, Mac OS 10.4	Windows 7 32bit/64bit Windows Vista 32bit/64bit Windows XP Mac 10.4+
Supported data transfer ratesKnown for one	480 Mb/s, 5 Gb/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source

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