Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Freecom ToughDrive Pro 250GB vs Iomega 160GB Hi–Speed USB/FireWire Black Series Portable Hard Drive

5specifications compared
2differ
3identical
22known for one product only

Key differences

The Freecom ToughDrive Pro 250GB has 90 GB more HDD capacity than the Iomega 160GB Hi–Speed USB/FireWire Black Series Portable Hard Drive (250 GB vs 160 GB).

HDD capacity
- ToughDrive Pro 250GB:250 GB
- 160GB Hi–Speed USB/FireWire Black Series Portable Hard Drive:160 GB

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Comparison of ToughDrive Pro 250GB, 160GB Hi–Speed USB/FireWire Black Series Portable Hard Drive
27 specifications	A Freecom ToughDrive Pro 250GB View product	B Iomega 160GB Hi–Speed USB/FireWire Black Series Portable Hard Drive View product
Hard drive1 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	250 GB	160 GB
HDD speedKnown for one	5400 RPM	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD sizeKnown for one	2.5"	Unknown — not stated by the source
Type	HDD	HDD
Storage drive average seek timeKnown for one	12 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive buffer sizeKnown for one	8 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Product colourKnown for one	Black	Unknown — not stated by the source
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
Operating shockKnown for one	300 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	140 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	80 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightKnown for one	19 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
WeightKnown for one	175 g	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging dataidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Acronis True Image (Win) Freecom Personal Media Suite	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other features1 differ
Average latencyKnown for one	7.14 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	512	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal	No	No
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Yes	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 processorKnown for one	Pentium II 233MHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	CD-ROM	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating shockKnown for one	1000 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1	1
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows 2000/XP Mac OS X 10.1 +	- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional/XP Home/XP Professional - Mac OS X 10.1 +
Ports & interfacesidentical
FireWire 400Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

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