Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Iomega 500GB Helium HDD vs Seagate FreeAgent Go, 1TB

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Comparison of 500GB Helium HDD, FreeAgent Go, 1TB
24 specifications	A Iomega 500GB Helium HDD View product	B Seagate FreeAgent Go, 1TB View product
Hard drive1 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	500 GB	1 TB
HDD sizeKnown for one	2.5"	Unknown — not stated by the source
Type	HDD	HDD
Ports & interfacesidentical
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	480 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB connector	USB	USB
USB version	2.0	2.0
Ethernet LAN	No	No
FireWire 400	No	No
FireWire 800	No	No
Features1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Silver	Black
Power1 differ
Bus poweredDiffers	No	USB
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	85 mm	80 mm
DepthDiffers	123.9 mm	21 mm
HeightDiffers	17.5 mm	130 mm
WeightDiffers	163 g	160 g
Other features1 differ
Internal	No	No
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum RAMKnown for one	128 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum processorKnown for one	PowerPC G3	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1	1
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) ports quantity	0	0
USB requiredKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows Vista/7/2000/XP Mac OS X 10.4 - 10.6	Windows Vista/XP/7
Drive device, transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	480 MB/s

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