Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Freecom Mobile Drive Classic II 1TB vs Iomega Prestige Desktop Hard Drive, 1.5TB

16specifications compared
10differ
6identical
20known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- Mobile Drive Classic II 1TB:1 TB
- Prestige Desktop Hard Drive, 1.5TB:1.5 TB
HDD size
- Mobile Drive Classic II 1TB:2.5"
- Prestige Desktop Hard Drive, 1.5TB:3.5"
Product colour
- Mobile Drive Classic II 1TB:Black
- Prestige Desktop Hard Drive, 1.5TB:Grey
Width
- Mobile Drive Classic II 1TB:115 mm
- Prestige Desktop Hard Drive, 1.5TB:120.6 mm
Depth
- Mobile Drive Classic II 1TB:76 mm
- Prestige Desktop Hard Drive, 1.5TB:198.6 mm
Height
- Mobile Drive Classic II 1TB:12 mm
- Prestige Desktop Hard Drive, 1.5TB:31 mm
Weight
- Mobile Drive Classic II 1TB:140 g
- Prestige Desktop Hard Drive, 1.5TB:976 g
Minimum RAM
- Mobile Drive Classic II 1TB:512 MB
- Prestige Desktop Hard Drive, 1.5TB:128 MB

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Comparison of Mobile Drive Classic II 1TB, Prestige Desktop Hard Drive, 1.5TB
36 specifications	A Freecom Mobile Drive Classic II 1TB View product	B Iomega Prestige Desktop Hard Drive, 1.5TB View product
Hard drive2 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	1 TB	1.5 TB
HDD sizeDiffers	2.5"	3.5"
InterfaceKnown for one	Serial ATA	Unknown — not stated by the source
Type	HDD	HDD
HDD speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	7200 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
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	480 Mbit/s
USB connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	USB
USB versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.0
Features1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Black	Grey
Plug and Play	Yes	Yes
Poweridentical
Bus powered	No	No
External power adapterKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
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	120.6 mm
DepthDiffers	76 mm	198.6 mm
HeightDiffers	12 mm	31 mm
WeightDiffers	140 g	976 g
Other features3 differ
HDD transfer rateKnown for one	480 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
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	128 MB
Minimum processorDiffers	AMD, 1.6GHz / PowerPC G5/Intel Mac	Intel Pentium II / PowerPC 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/Vista, Mac OS X v10.3 - 10.5
MaterialKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Aluminium
MountingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Vertical/Horizontal
Power requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	AC 100 - 240 V

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