Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Freecom Mobile Drive Classic II 1TB vs Iomega 250GB Prestige Compact

16specifications compared
8differ
8identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

Bus powered
- Mobile Drive Classic II 1TB:No
- 250GB Prestige Compact:USB
Width
- Mobile Drive Classic II 1TB:115 mm
- 250GB Prestige Compact:80.8 mm
Depth
- Mobile Drive Classic II 1TB:76 mm
- 250GB Prestige Compact:110 mm
Height
- Mobile Drive Classic II 1TB:12 mm
- 250GB Prestige Compact:16 mm
Weight
- Mobile Drive Classic II 1TB:140 g
- 250GB Prestige Compact:180 g
Minimum RAM
- Mobile Drive Classic II 1TB:512 MB
- 250GB Prestige Compact:256 MB

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Comparison of Mobile Drive Classic II 1TB, 250GB Prestige Compact
32 specifications	A Freecom Mobile Drive Classic II 1TB View product	B Iomega 250GB Prestige Compact View product
Hard driveidentical
HDD capacity	1 TB	1 TB
HDD size	2.5"	2.5"
InterfaceKnown for one	Serial ATA	Unknown — not stated by the source
Type	HDD	HDD
HDD speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5400 RPM
Storage drive buffer sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 MB
Ports & interfacesidentical
Wi-FiKnown for one	No	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
USB connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	USB
USB versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.0
Featuresidentical
Product colour	Black	Black
Plug and PlayKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power1 differ
Bus poweredDiffers	No	USB
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	10 - 35 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-20 - 70 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	115 mm	80.8 mm
DepthDiffers	76 mm	110 mm
HeightDiffers	12 mm	16 mm
WeightDiffers	140 g	180 g
Other features3 differ
HDD transfer rate	480 Mbit/s	480 Mbit/s
Internal	No	No
Mac compatibility	Yes	Yes
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	50000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum RAMDiffers	512 MB	256 MB
Minimum processorDiffers	AMD, 1.6GHz / PowerPC G5/Intel Mac	Intel Pentium II, Power PC G3
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) ports quantityKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB required	Yes	Yes
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows XP SP2/ Vista, Mac OS X v. 10.4.8	-Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional/XP Home/XP Professional/Windows Vista/Windows 7. -Mac OS X, v 10.1 - 10.6.
MaterialKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Aluminium

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