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Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Buffalo 80GB MiniStation™ TurboUSB Portable HD vs Iomega Home Network Hard Drive 500 GB

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  • 10specifications compared
  • 7differ
  • 3identical
  • 11known for one product only

Key differences

The Iomega Home Network Hard Drive 500 GB has 420 GB more HDD capacity than the Buffalo 80GB MiniStation™ TurboUSB Portable HD (500 GB vs 80 GB). The Iomega Home Network Hard Drive 500 GB has 1,800 RPM more HDD speed than the Buffalo 80GB MiniStation™ TurboUSB Portable HD (7200 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Buffalo 80GB MiniStation™ TurboUSB Portable HD has 6.4 mm more width than the Iomega Home Network Hard Drive 500 GB (127 mm vs 120.6 mm). Weight: 191 g on the Buffalo 80GB MiniStation™ TurboUSB Portable HD, 1.31 kg on the Iomega Home Network Hard Drive 500 GB.

  • HDD capacity
    • 80 GB
    • 500 GB
  • HDD speed
    • 5400 RPM
    • 7200 RPM
  • Width
    • 127 mm
    • 120.6 mm
  • Depth
    • 84 mm
    • 239.7 mm
  • Height
    • 20 mm
    • 33.3 mm
  • Weight
    • 191 g
    • 1.31 kg

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21 specifications
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Buffalo

80GB MiniStation™ TurboUSB Portable HDView product
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Iomega

Home Network Hard Drive 500 GBView product
Hard drive2 differ
HDD capacityDiffers80 GB500 GB
HDD speedDiffers5400 RPM7200 RPM
TypeHDDHDD
Ports & interfacesidentical
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one480 Mbit/s
USB connectorKnown for oneUSB
USB versionKnown for one2.0
Ethernet LANKnown for oneYes
Poweridentical
Power consumption (typical)Known for one2.5 W
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one5 - 35%
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers127 mm120.6 mm
DepthDiffers84 mm239.7 mm
HeightDiffers20 mm33.3 mm
WeightDiffers191 g1.31 kg
Other features1 differ
InternalNoNo
Mac compatibilityYesYes
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one1
Compatible operating systemsDiffersWindows Vista, WindowsXP, Windows2000, MacOS 9.0, Mac OS XMicrosoft Windows 2000 / XP Home / XP Professional / XP Professional x64 / Vista / Mac OS X 10.3.9+
Minimum RAMKnown for one256 MB
Supported network protocolsKnown for oneSMB/CIFS/FTP
Featuresidentical
Product colourKnown for oneSilver
Packaging dataidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for oneMicrosoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Firefox 1.5, Netscape 8.0+ / Apple Safari 1.2+

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