Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Iomega Ego Skin 500 GB vs Seagate FreeAgent Go STAA500200 external hard drive

Key differences

Product colour
- Ego Skin 500 GB:Red
- FreeAgent Go STAA500200 external hard drive:Black
Bus powered
- Ego Skin 500 GB:No
- FreeAgent Go STAA500200 external hard drive:USB
Width
- Ego Skin 500 GB:124 mm
- FreeAgent Go STAA500200 external hard drive:83 mm
Depth
- Ego Skin 500 GB:1.75 mm
- FreeAgent Go STAA500200 external hard drive:14 mm
Height
- Ego Skin 500 GB:85 mm
- FreeAgent Go STAA500200 external hard drive:111 mm
Weight
- Ego Skin 500 GB:164 g
- FreeAgent Go STAA500200 external hard drive:150 g

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Comparison of Ego Skin 500 GB, STAA500200
26 specifications	A Iomega Ego Skin 500 GB View product	B Seagate FreeAgent Go STAA500200 external hard drive Model STAA500200 View product
Hard driveidentical
HDD capacity	500 GB	500 GB
Type	HDD	HDD
HDD speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5400 RPM
HDD sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.5"
Storage drive buffer sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 MB
Ports & interfacesidentical
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	480 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB connectorKnown for one	USB	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB versionKnown for one	2.0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ethernet LAN	No	No
FireWire 400	No	No
FireWire 800	No	No
eSATAKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	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
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
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1	1
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
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0

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