Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Iomega 500GB MiniMax Hard Drive vs Seagate eSATA 300-GB External Hard Drive

6specifications compared
2differ
4identical
11known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- 500GB MiniMax Hard Drive:500 GB
- eSATA 300-GB External Hard Drive:300 GB
Storage drive buffer size
- 500GB MiniMax Hard Drive:2 MB
- eSATA 300-GB External Hard Drive:16 MB

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Comparison of 500GB MiniMax Hard Drive, eSATA 300-GB External Hard Drive
17 specifications	A Iomega 500GB MiniMax Hard Drive View product	B Seagate eSATA 300-GB External Hard Drive View product
Hard drive2 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	500 GB	300 GB
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	2 MB	16 MB
HDD sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3.5"
Ports & interfacesidentical
FireWire 400Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
eSATAKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	165 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	165 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightKnown for one	40.6 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
WeightKnown for one	1.05 kg	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Mac OS 9.2 Mac OS X 10.1.5 + Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP	Unknown — not stated by the source
I/O portsKnown for one	4x USB 3x FireWire (1394a)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3 Gbit/s

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