Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Buffalo 1TB MiniStation Plus vs Buffalo HD-PV500U2/BK external hard drive

10specifications compared
6differ
4identical
11known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- 1TB MiniStation Plus:1 TB
- HD-PV500U2/BK external hard drive:500 GB
Power consumption (typical)
- 1TB MiniStation Plus:3.1 W
- HD-PV500U2/BK external hard drive:2.5 W
Width
- 1TB MiniStation Plus:82 mm
- HD-PV500U2/BK external hard drive:16 mm
Depth
- 1TB MiniStation Plus:118 mm
- HD-PV500U2/BK external hard drive:130 mm
Height
- 1TB MiniStation Plus:16 mm
- HD-PV500U2/BK external hard drive:81 mm
Weight
- 1TB MiniStation Plus:227 g
- HD-PV500U2/BK external hard drive:190 g

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Comparison of 1TB MiniStation Plus, HD-PV500U2/BK
21 specifications	A Buffalo 1TB MiniStation Plus View product	B Buffalo HD-PV500U2/BK external hard drive Model HD-PV500U2/BK View product
Hard drive1 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	1 TB	500 GB
Interface	Serial ATA	Serial ATA
Type	HDD	HDD
Ports & interfacesidentical
FireWire 400Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
FireWire 800Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
USB data transfer ratesKnown for one	480,5000 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Product colour	Black	Black
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Business x64, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Basic x64, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Ho	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power1 differ
Bus powered	USB	USB
Power consumption (typical)Differs	3.1 W	2.5 W
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 35 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20 - 80%
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	82 mm	16 mm
DepthDiffers	118 mm	130 mm
HeightDiffers	16 mm	81 mm
WeightDiffers	227 g	190 g
Other featuresidentical
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows 7/Vista/XP/Server 2003/2008 MacOS X 10.4+
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB requiredKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source

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