Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Buffalo MiniStation 1TB vs Buffalo MiniStation Lite USB 3.0 640GB

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Comparison of MiniStation 1TB, MiniStation Lite USB 3.0 640GB
21 specifications	A Buffalo MiniStation 1TB View product	B Buffalo MiniStation Lite USB 3.0 640GB View product
Hard drive1 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	1 TB	640 GB
Interface	Serial ATA	Serial ATA
Type	HDD	HDD
Featuresidentical
Product colour	Black	Black
Plug and PlayKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Poweridentical
Bus powered	USB	USB
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.5 W
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)	5 - 35 °C	5 - 35 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	20 - 80%	20 - 80%
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	90 mm	81 mm
DepthDiffers	134 mm	130 mm
HeightDiffers	20 mm	16 mm
WeightDiffers	240 g	190 g
Other features1 differ
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 Gbit/s
Drive device, transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	78 MB/s
Internal	No	No
Mac compatibility	Yes	Yes
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows 7/Vista/XP MAC OS X 10.4 +	Windows 7 (32/64bit), Windows Vista (32/64bit), Windows XP, MAC OS x 10.4
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfacesidentical
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	480 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source

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