Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Freecom Mobile Drive 2.5" 80GB vs Seagate OneTouch™ III 300GB

15specifications compared
10differ
5identical
17known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- Mobile Drive 2.5" 80GB:80 GB
- OneTouch™ III 300GB:300 GB
HDD speed
- Mobile Drive 2.5" 80GB:4200 RPM
- OneTouch™ III 300GB:7200 RPM
HDD size
- Mobile Drive 2.5" 80GB:2.5"
- OneTouch™ III 300GB:3.5"
Storage drive average seek time
- Mobile Drive 2.5" 80GB:13 ms
- OneTouch™ III 300GB:9 ms
Storage drive buffer size
- Mobile Drive 2.5" 80GB:2 MB
- OneTouch™ III 300GB:16 MB
External power adapter
- Mobile Drive 2.5" 80GB:No
- OneTouch™ III 300GB:Yes
Operating temperature (T-T)
- Mobile Drive 2.5" 80GB:5 - 60 °C
- OneTouch™ III 300GB:5 - 35 °C
Weight
- Mobile Drive 2.5" 80GB:300 g
- OneTouch™ III 300GB:1.45 kg

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Comparison of Mobile Drive 2.5" 80GB, OneTouch™ III 300GB
32 specifications	A Freecom Mobile Drive 2.5" 80GB View product	B Seagate OneTouch™ III 300GB View product
Hard drive5 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	80 GB	300 GB
HDD speedDiffers	4200 RPM	7200 RPM
HDD sizeDiffers	2.5"	3.5"
Type	HDD	HDD
Storage drive average seek timeDiffers	13 ms	9 ms
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	2 MB	16 MB
Ports & interfacesidentical
USB connector	USB	USB
USB version	2.0	2.0
FireWire 400Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	480 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Plug and PlayKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Product colourKnown for one	Silver	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power1 differ
Bus powered	USB	USB
External power adapterDiffers	No	Yes
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 60 °C	5 - 35 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-20 - 80 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WidthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	217 mm
DepthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	65 mm
HeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	136 mm
WeightDiffers	300 g	1.45 kg
Other features2 differ
Internal	No	No
Mac compatibilityDiffers	Yes	No
Minimum RAMDiffers	64 MB	128 MB
Minimum processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Pentium III 500 MHz
Power requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	100-240 VAC, 47-63 Hz
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows 2000, XP Mac OS X 10.2.8+
I/O portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	USB 2.0 FireWire 400
Average latencyKnown for one	4.2 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	50000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Track to track seek timeKnown for one	3 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	132 x 83 x 18 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging dataidentical
Cables includedKnown for one	USB	Unknown — not stated by the source

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