Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Buffalo MiniStation 500GB vs Buffalo MiniStation Lite 640GB

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Comparison of MiniStation 500GB, MiniStation Lite 640GB
18 specifications	A Buffalo MiniStation 500GB View product	B Buffalo MiniStation Lite 640GB View product
Hard drive1 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	500 GB	640 GB
Interface	Serial ATA	Serial ATA
Type	HDD	HDD
Ports & interfacesidentical
Maximum data transfer rate	480 Mbit/s	480 Mbit/s
Features1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Black	Red
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
Internal	No	No
Mac compatibility	Yes	Yes
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1	1
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows 7 (32/64) Windows Vista (32/64), Windows XP, MAC OS X 10.4	Windows7 (32/64bit), Windows Vista (32/64bit), Windows XP, MAC OS X 10.4

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