Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Freecom Hard Drive Classic II 500GB vs Freecom Hard Drive XS 1TB

22specifications compared
8differ
14identical
14known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- Hard Drive Classic II 500GB:500 GB
- Hard Drive XS 1TB:1 TB
Width
- Hard Drive Classic II 500GB:176 mm
- Hard Drive XS 1TB:182 mm
Depth
- Hard Drive Classic II 500GB:112 mm
- Hard Drive XS 1TB:114 mm
Height
- Hard Drive Classic II 500GB:32 mm
- Hard Drive XS 1TB:31 mm
Weight
- Hard Drive Classic II 500GB:760 g
- Hard Drive XS 1TB:860 g
Power requirements
- Hard Drive Classic II 500GB:12V, 2A
- Hard Drive XS 1TB:AC 12V

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Comparison of Hard Drive Classic II 500GB, Hard Drive XS 1TB
36 specifications	A Freecom Hard Drive Classic II 500GB View product	B Freecom Hard Drive XS 1TB View product
Hard drive1 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	500 GB	1 TB
HDD size	3.5"	3.5"
Interface	Serial ATA	Serial ATA
Type	HDD	HDD
HDD speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	7200 RPM
Ports & interfacesidentical
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	480 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ethernet LANKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
FireWire 400Known for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
FireWire 800Known for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Card reader integratedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Featuresidentical
Product colour	Black	Black
Poweridentical
Bus powered	No	No
External power adapterKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
AC adapter output voltageKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12 V
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)	10 - 35 °C	10 - 35 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-20 - 70 °C	-20 - 70 °C
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	176 mm	182 mm
DepthDiffers	112 mm	114 mm
HeightDiffers	32 mm	31 mm
WeightDiffers	760 g	860 g
Packaging dataidentical
User guideKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other features3 differ
Internal	No	No
Mac compatibility	Yes	Yes
Mean time between failures (MTBF)	50000 h	50000 h
Minimum RAM	256 MB	256 MB
Minimum processorDiffers	Intel Pentium-III / AMD Duron 900MHz, PowerPC G3/G4/G5, Power Book G3/G4, Intel Mac	Intel Pentium-III, AMD Duron, PowerPC G3/G4/G5, Power Book G3/G4, Intel Mac
Minimum system requirements	CD-ROM	CD-ROM
Power requirementsDiffers	12V, 2A	AC 12V
Quick start guideKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1	1
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) ports quantityKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB cableKnown for one	USB	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB required	Yes	Yes
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows XP/Vista/7, Mac OS X v10.4	Windows 2000/XP/Vista Mac OS X v10.3+
HDD transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	480 Mbit/s
Start-up currentKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2 A

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