Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Freecom TOUGHDRIVE 500GB USB-2 vs Samsung S2 Portable 250 GB

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Comparison of TOUGHDRIVE 500GB USB-2, S2 Portable 250 GB
25 specifications	A Freecom TOUGHDRIVE 500GB USB-2 View product	B Samsung S2 Portable 250 GB View product
Hard drive1 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	500 GB	250 GB
HDD speed	5400 RPM	5400 RPM
HDD size	2.5"	2.5"
Type	HDD	HDD
Storage drive buffer size	8 MB	8 MB
Ports & interfacesidentical
Maximum data transfer rate	480 Mbit/s	480 Mbit/s
USB connector	USB	USB
USB version	2.0	2.0
FireWire 400Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Product colourKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Black
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 40 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-20 - 65 °C
Weight & dimensions3 differ
Width	82 mm	82 mm
DepthDiffers	155 mm	111 mm
HeightDiffers	19 mm	17.5 mm
WeightDiffers	200 g	154 g
Packaging dataidentical
User guideKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Other features1 differ
Internal	No	No
Quick start guideKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1	1
USB cableKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	USB
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Apple MacOS X 10.3 Microsoft Windows Vista / 2000 / XP	Windows XP Home/Professional, Windows 2000 Pro, Mac OS x 10.4.8
Integrated USB cableKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Average latencyKnown for one	7.14 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD transfer rateKnown for one	400 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source

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