Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Iomega Ego Skin 500 GB vs Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 250GB

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Comparison of Ego Skin 500 GB, FreeAgent GoFlex 250GB
26 specifications	A Iomega Ego Skin 500 GB View product	B Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 250GB View product
Hard drive1 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	500 GB	250 GB
HDD speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5400 RPM
HDD sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.5"
Type	HDD	HDD
Storage drive buffer sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 MB
Ports & interfacesidentical
Maximum data transfer rate	480 Mbit/s	480 Mbit/s
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	Red	Black
Plug and Play	Yes	Yes
Power1 differ
Bus poweredDiffers	No	USB
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	124 mm	83 mm
DepthDiffers	1.75 mm	14 mm
HeightDiffers	85 mm	111 mm
WeightDiffers	164 g	150 g
Other features1 differ
Internal	No	No
Mac compatibility	Yes	Yes
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1	1
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
USB requiredKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows Vista/7/2000/XP Mac OS X 10.4 - 10.6+	Windows 7/Vista/XP Mac OS X 10.4.6
Minimum RAMKnown for one	256 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	Mac PowerPC G3/Intel Core Duo 300 MHz/USB	Unknown — not stated by the source

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