Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Iomega 500GB Portable HDD vs Samsung S1 Mini 120GB

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Comparison of 500GB Portable HDD, S1 Mini 120GB
24 specifications	A Iomega 500GB Portable HDD View product	B Samsung S1 Mini 120GB View product
Hard drive3 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	500 GB	120 GB
HDD speedDiffers	5400 RPM	4200 RPM
HDD sizeDiffers	2.5"	1.8"
Ports & interfacesidentical
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	480 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Product colourKnown for one	Grey	Unknown — not stated by the source
Plug and PlayKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	88 mm	62 mm
DepthDiffers	121 mm	87 mm
HeightDiffers	16 mm	15.5 mm
WeightDiffers	200 g	85 g
Other features1 differ
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	Pentium II, Intel Core Duo, PowerPC G3	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB requiredKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Mac 10.1.5 + Win 2000/XP/Vista	Windows XP/ Vista/ 7, Mac
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Poweridentical
Bus poweredKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	USB
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 40 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-20 - 65 °C

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