Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Freecom Hard Drive PRO 500GB USB 2.0 & FireWire 400/800 vs Seagate FreeAgent™ Desktop 500-GB USB 2.0

10specifications compared
4differ
6identical
22known for one product only

Key differences

Product colour
- Hard Drive PRO 500GB USB 2.0 & FireWire 400/800:Silver
- FreeAgent™ Desktop 500-GB USB 2.0:Black
Weight
- Hard Drive PRO 500GB USB 2.0 & FireWire 400/800:1.4 kg
- FreeAgent™ Desktop 500-GB USB 2.0:900 g
Minimum processor
- Hard Drive PRO 500GB USB 2.0 & FireWire 400/800:Pentium III 700MHz
- FreeAgent™ Desktop 500-GB USB 2.0:Intel Core Duo/Core Solo

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Comparison of Hard Drive PRO 500GB USB 2.0 & FireWire 400/800, FreeAgent™ Desktop 500-GB USB 2.0
32 specifications	A Freecom Hard Drive PRO 500GB USB 2.0 & FireWire 400/800 View product	B Seagate FreeAgent™ Desktop 500-GB USB 2.0 View product
Hard driveidentical
InterfaceKnown for one	Serial ATA II	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive average seek timeKnown for one	8.9 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfacesidentical
FireWire 400Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
FireWire 800Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Features1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Silver	Black
LED indicatorsKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Plug and PlayKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	5 - 60 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-20 - 80 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WidthKnown for one	150 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	180 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightKnown for one	50 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
WeightDiffers	1.4 kg	900 g
Packaging dataidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Freecom Software Media Suite	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other features2 differ
Average latencyKnown for one	4.17 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	512	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	50000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum RAMKnown for one	64 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum processorDiffers	Pentium III 700MHz	Intel Core Duo/Core Solo
Track to track seek timeKnown for one	0.8 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows 2000/XP Mac OS X 10.1	Windows Vista, XP Home/Professional Edition OS X 10.3.9/OS X 10.4.6
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Package dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	254 x 254 x 127 mm
Dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	190 x 40 x 162 mm
Dimensions (W x D x H) (imperial)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	190.5 x 40.6 x 162.6 mm (7.5 x 1.6 x 6.4")
Poweridentical
External power adapterKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

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