Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Iomega 160GB Hi–Speed USB/FireWire Black Series Portable Hard Drive vs Iomega 2.0 TB Power Pro Professional Series Desktop Hard Drive FW800/FW 400 / USB 2.0

6specifications compared
2differ
4identical
13known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity: 160 GB on the Iomega 160GB Hi–Speed USB/FireWire Black Series Portable Hard Drive, 2 TB on the Iomega 2.0 TB Power Pro Professional Series Desktop Hard Drive FW800/FW 400 / USB 2.0.

HDD capacity
- 160GB Hi–Speed USB/FireWire Black Series Portable Hard Drive:160 GB
- 2.0 TB Power Pro Professional Series Desktop Hard Drive FW800/FW 400 / USB 2.0:2 TB

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Comparison of 160GB Hi–Speed USB/FireWire Black Series Portable Hard Drive, 2.0 TB Power Pro Professional Series Desktop Hard Drive FW800/FW 400 / USB 2.0
19 specifications	A Iomega 160GB Hi–Speed USB/FireWire Black Series Portable Hard Drive View product	B Iomega 2.0 TB Power Pro Professional Series Desktop Hard Drive FW800/FW 400 / USB 2.0 View product
Hard drive1 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	160 GB	2 TB
Type	HDD	HDD
Read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	47 MB/s
Write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	70 MB/s
Storage drive buffer sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 MB
RAID levelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0, 0+1, 5
Ports & interfacesidentical
FireWire 400	Yes	Yes
FireWire 800Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	150 mm
DepthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	285 mm
HeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	205 mm
WeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8.44 kg
Other features1 differ
Internal	No	No
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Minimum processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Pentium II / G3
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0/Netscape 6.1
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1	1
USB requiredKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional/XP Home/XP Professional - Mac OS X 10.1 +	Microsoft Windows 2000P / XP Home / XPP/ Vista Mac OS X 10.2.8 +

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