Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Iomega Alpine White Portable Hard Drive 160 GB vs Seagate FreeAgent™ Pro External Hard Drive 1TB - USB 2.0, eSATA, FireWire

13specifications compared
5differ
8identical
17known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- Alpine White Portable Hard Drive 160 GB:160 GB
- FreeAgent™ Pro External Hard Drive 1TB - USB 2.0, eSATA, FireWire:1 TB
HDD speed
- Alpine White Portable Hard Drive 160 GB:5400 RPM
- FreeAgent™ Pro External Hard Drive 1TB - USB 2.0, eSATA, FireWire:7200 RPM
Weight
- Alpine White Portable Hard Drive 160 GB:217 g
- FreeAgent™ Pro External Hard Drive 1TB - USB 2.0, eSATA, FireWire:900 g
HDD transfer rate
- Alpine White Portable Hard Drive 160 GB:480 Mbit/s
- FreeAgent™ Pro External Hard Drive 1TB - USB 2.0, eSATA, FireWire:400 Mbit/s

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Comparison of Alpine White Portable Hard Drive 160 GB, FreeAgent™ Pro External Hard Drive 1TB - USB 2.0, eSATA, FireWire
30 specifications	A Iomega Alpine White Portable Hard Drive 160 GB View product	B Seagate FreeAgent™ Pro External Hard Drive 1TB - USB 2.0, eSATA, FireWire View product
Hard drive2 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	160 GB	1 TB
HDD speedDiffers	5400 RPM	7200 RPM
Ports & interfacesidentical
eSATAKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WidthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	35 mm
DepthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	160 mm
HeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	190 mm
WeightDiffers	217 g	900 g
Other features2 differ
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3 Gbit/s
HDD transfer rateDiffers	480 Mbit/s	400 Mbit/s
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
USB cableKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	USB
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Microsoft Windows Vista* / 2000 / 2000 Professional / XP Home / XP Professional / XP Professional x64 / Mac OS X, version 10.1.5+	-Windows XP Home, Professional Edition; Windows 2000 Pro. -Mac OSx 10.3, 10.4.
FireWire cableKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
eSATA cableKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Minimum RAMKnown for one	256 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum processorKnown for one	300 MHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB requiredKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	88.8 x 19 x 133.3 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Product colourKnown for one	White	Unknown — not stated by the source
Plug and PlayKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging dataidentical
User guideKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Firefox 1.0, Apple Safari 1.0+	Unknown — not stated by the source

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