Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Iomega eGo 34879 external hard drive vs Iomega Ego Skin 500 GB

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Comparison of 34879, Ego Skin 500 GB
27 specifications	A Iomega eGo 34879 external hard drive Model 34879 View product	B Iomega Ego Skin 500 GB View product
Hard drive1 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	1 TB	500 GB
Type	HDD	HDD
Ports & interfacesidentical
USB connector	USB	USB
USB version	2.0	2.0
Ethernet LAN	No	No
FireWire 400	No	No
FireWire 800	No	No
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	480 Mbit/s
Features1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Blue	Red
Plug and Play	Yes	Yes
Power1 differ
Bus poweredDiffers	USB	No
External power adapterKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	83 mm	124 mm
DepthDiffers	124 mm	1.75 mm
HeightDiffers	17 mm	85 mm
WeightDiffers	160 g	164 g
Other features2 differ
HDD transfer rateKnown for one	480 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Interface typeKnown for one	USB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal	No	No
Mac compatibility	Yes	Yes
Minimum RAMDiffers	128 MB	256 MB
Minimum processorKnown for one	300MHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1	1
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) ports quantityKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB requiredKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 Mac OS 10.4 - 10.6 or higher	Windows Vista/7/2000/XP Mac OS X 10.4 - 10.6+
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Mac PowerPC G3/Intel Core Duo 300 MHz/USB

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