Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

HP 500GB SATA Personal Media Drive vs Iomega MiniMax 2TB

7specifications compared
5differ
2identical
17known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- 500GB SATA Personal Media Drive:500 GB
- MiniMax 2TB:2 TB
Width
- 500GB SATA Personal Media Drive:119 mm
- MiniMax 2TB:121 mm
Depth
- 500GB SATA Personal Media Drive:213 mm
- MiniMax 2TB:222 mm
Height
- 500GB SATA Personal Media Drive:34 mm
- MiniMax 2TB:32 mm
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- 500GB SATA Personal Media Drive:1
- MiniMax 2TB:3

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Comparison of 500GB SATA Personal Media Drive, MiniMax 2TB
24 specifications	A HP 500GB SATA Personal Media Drive View product	B Iomega MiniMax 2TB View product
Hard drive1 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	500 GB	2 TB
Type	HDD	HDD
HDD speedKnown for one	7200 RPM	Unknown — not stated by the source
InterfaceKnown for one	Serial ATA	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfacesidentical
FireWire 400Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Featuresidentical
Product colourKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	White
Plug and PlayKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Weight & dimensions3 differ
WidthDiffers	119 mm	121 mm
DepthDiffers	213 mm	222 mm
HeightDiffers	34 mm	32 mm
WeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.26 kg
Other features1 differ
FireWire requiredKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
HDD transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	400 Mbit/s
Internal	No	No
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Minimum RAMKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	128 MB
Minimum processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Mac PowerPC G3/Intel Core Duo
Quick start guideKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	1	3
USB cableKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	USB
USB requiredKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows Vista/2000/XP/x64
FireWire cableKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Poweridentical
AC adapter frequencyKnown for one	50 - 60 Hz	Unknown — not stated by the source

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