Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Freecom Hard Drive 3.5" 27031 external hard drive 160 GB 7200 RPM 3.5" USB 2.0 Silver vs Freecom Mobile Drive USB 160GB

23specifications compared
13differ
10identical
10known for one product only

Key differences

HDD speed
- Hard Drive 3.5" 27031 external hard drive 160 GB 7200 RPM 3.5" USB 2.0 Silver:7200 RPM
- Mobile Drive USB 160GB:5400 RPM
HDD size
- Hard Drive 3.5" 27031 external hard drive 160 GB 7200 RPM 3.5" USB 2.0 Silver:3.5"
- Mobile Drive USB 160GB:2.5"
Storage drive average seek time
- Hard Drive 3.5" 27031 external hard drive 160 GB 7200 RPM 3.5" USB 2.0 Silver:9 ms
- Mobile Drive USB 160GB:13 ms
Storage drive buffer size
- Hard Drive 3.5" 27031 external hard drive 160 GB 7200 RPM 3.5" USB 2.0 Silver:2 MB
- Mobile Drive USB 160GB:8 MB
Bus powered
- Hard Drive 3.5" 27031 external hard drive 160 GB 7200 RPM 3.5" USB 2.0 Silver:No
- Mobile Drive USB 160GB:USB
Width
- Hard Drive 3.5" 27031 external hard drive 160 GB 7200 RPM 3.5" USB 2.0 Silver:200 mm
- Mobile Drive USB 160GB:83 mm
Depth
- Hard Drive 3.5" 27031 external hard drive 160 GB 7200 RPM 3.5" USB 2.0 Silver:115 mm
- Mobile Drive USB 160GB:132 mm
Height
- Hard Drive 3.5" 27031 external hard drive 160 GB 7200 RPM 3.5" USB 2.0 Silver:40 mm
- Mobile Drive USB 160GB:18 mm

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Comparison of 27031, Mobile Drive USB 160GB
33 specifications	A Freecom Hard Drive 3.5" 27031 external hard drive 160 GB 7200 RPM 3.5" USB 2.0 Silver Model 27031 View product	B Freecom Mobile Drive USB 160GB View product
Hard drive4 differ
HDD capacity	160 GB	160 GB
HDD speedDiffers	7200 RPM	5400 RPM
HDD sizeDiffers	3.5"	2.5"
Type	HDD	HDD
Storage drive average seek timeDiffers	9 ms	13 ms
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	2 MB	8 MB
Ports & interfacesidentical
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	480 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB connector	USB	USB
USB version	2.0	2.0
Thunderbolt technologyKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Wi-FiKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ethernet LANKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Product colourKnown for one	Silver	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power1 differ
Bus poweredDiffers	No	USB
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)	5 - 60 °C	5 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-20 - 80 °C	-20 - 80 °C
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	200 mm	83 mm
DepthDiffers	115 mm	132 mm
HeightDiffers	40 mm	18 mm
WeightDiffers	750 g	300 g
Packaging dataidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Freecom Software Media Suite	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other features4 differ
Average latency	4.2 ms	4.2 ms
Internal	No	No
Mac compatibility	Yes	Yes
Mean time between failures (MTBF)	50000 h	50000 h
Minimum RAMDiffers	128 MB	64 MB
Minimum processorDiffers	Pentium-III 700MHz	700 MHz
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	CD-ROM	Unknown — not stated by the source
Track to track seek timeDiffers	0.8 ms	3 ms
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows 2000/XP Mac OS X 10.1 +	Windows 2000 Windows XP Mac OS X v.10.1
HDD transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	480 Mbit/s
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
I/O portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	USB 2.0

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