Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Iomega Ego Skin 500 GB vs Seagate FreeAgent Go STAA500201 external hard drive

16specifications compared
7differ
9identical
10known for one product only

Key differences

The Iomega Ego Skin 500 GB has 41 mm more width than the Seagate FreeAgent Go STAA500201 external hard drive (124 mm vs 83 mm). The Seagate FreeAgent Go STAA500201 external hard drive has 12.25 mm more depth than the Iomega Ego Skin 500 GB (14 mm vs 1.75 mm). The Seagate FreeAgent Go STAA500201 external hard drive has 26 mm more height than the Iomega Ego Skin 500 GB (111 mm vs 85 mm). Product colour: Red on the Iomega Ego Skin 500 GB, Silver on the Seagate FreeAgent Go STAA500201 external hard drive. Bus powered: No on the Iomega Ego Skin 500 GB, USB on the Seagate FreeAgent Go STAA500201 external hard drive.

Product colour
- Ego Skin 500 GB:Red
- FreeAgent Go STAA500201 external hard drive:Silver
Bus powered
- Ego Skin 500 GB:No
- FreeAgent Go STAA500201 external hard drive:USB
Width
- Ego Skin 500 GB:124 mm
- FreeAgent Go STAA500201 external hard drive:83 mm
Depth
- Ego Skin 500 GB:1.75 mm
- FreeAgent Go STAA500201 external hard drive:14 mm
Height
- Ego Skin 500 GB:85 mm
- FreeAgent Go STAA500201 external hard drive:111 mm
Weight
- Ego Skin 500 GB:164 g
- FreeAgent Go STAA500201 external hard drive:150 g

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Comparison of Ego Skin 500 GB, STAA500201
26 specifications	A Iomega Ego Skin 500 GB View product	B Seagate FreeAgent Go STAA500201 external hard drive Model STAA500201 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	Silver
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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