Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Buffalo 300GB MiniStation™ TurboUSB Portable HD vs Iomega 500GB Home Network HD

7specifications compared
3differ
4identical
22known for one product only

Key differences

The Iomega 500GB Home Network HD has 200 GB more HDD capacity than the Buffalo 300GB MiniStation™ TurboUSB Portable HD (500 GB vs 300 GB). The Iomega 500GB Home Network HD has 3,000 RPM more HDD speed than the Buffalo 300GB MiniStation™ TurboUSB Portable HD (7200 RPM vs 4200 RPM).

HDD capacity
- 300GB MiniStation™ TurboUSB Portable HD:300 GB
- 500GB Home Network HD:500 GB
HDD speed
- 300GB MiniStation™ TurboUSB Portable HD:4200 RPM
- 500GB Home Network HD:7200 RPM

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Comparison of 300GB MiniStation™ TurboUSB Portable HD, 500GB Home Network HD
29 specifications	A Buffalo 300GB MiniStation™ TurboUSB Portable HD View product	B Iomega 500GB Home Network HD View product
Hard drive2 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	300 GB	500 GB
HDD speedDiffers	4200 RPM	7200 RPM
InterfaceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Serial ATA II
Type	HDD	HDD
Storage drive buffer sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 MB
Ports & interfacesidentical
Ethernet LANKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	480 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB connectorKnown for one	USB	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB versionKnown for one	2.0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Product colourKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Silver
Poweridentical
External power adapterKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	2.5 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	84717050
Other features1 differ
Compliance industry standardsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u
Internal	No	No
Mac compatibility	Yes	Yes
Minimum RAMKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	256 MB
Minimum processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Pentium 300Mhz
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	CD-ROM
Networking featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10/100 Ethernet
Quick start guideKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1	1
USB requiredKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows Vista, WindowsXP, Windows2000, MacOS 9.0, Mac OS X	-Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional; XP Home/XP Professional/XP Professional x64; Windows Vista Home Basic/Home Premium/Business/Ultimate -Mac OS X 10.2.7 + -Linux: Redhat 9, Mandrake 10, Debian 3.0, Gentoo, FedoraCore 3
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	5 - 35%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	127 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	84 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightKnown for one	20 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
WeightKnown for one	191 g	Unknown — not stated by the source

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