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Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive 500GB vs Iomega Professional Desktop Hard Drive 500 GB

17specifications compared
7differ
10identical
11known for one product only

Key differences

Width
- Home Media Network Hard Drive 500GB:125 mm
- Professional Desktop Hard Drive 500 GB:31 mm
Depth
- Home Media Network Hard Drive 500GB:39.9 mm
- Professional Desktop Hard Drive 500 GB:198.6 mm
Height
- Home Media Network Hard Drive 500GB:198.9 mm
- Professional Desktop Hard Drive 500 GB:120.6 mm
Weight
- Home Media Network Hard Drive 500GB:1.11 kg
- Professional Desktop Hard Drive 500 GB:976 g
Minimum processor
- Home Media Network Hard Drive 500GB:300 MHz
- Professional Desktop Hard Drive 500 GB:Pentium II/PowerPC G3

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Comparison of Home Media Network Hard Drive 500GB, Professional Desktop Hard Drive 500 GB
28 specifications	A Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive 500GB View product	B Iomega Professional Desktop Hard Drive 500 GB View product
Hard driveidentical
HDD capacity	500 GB	500 GB
HDD speed	7200 RPM	7200 RPM
Type	HDD	HDD
Storage drive buffer size	8 MB	8 MB
Ports & interfacesidentical
USB connector	USB	USB
USB version	2.0	2.0
Ethernet LANKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3000 Mbit/s
eSATAKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Featuresidentical
Product colour	Silver	Silver
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	125 mm	31 mm
DepthDiffers	39.9 mm	198.6 mm
HeightDiffers	198.9 mm	120.6 mm
WeightDiffers	1.11 kg	976 g
Packaging dataidentical
User guideKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bundled softwareKnown for one	-Home Storage Manager (PC/Mac). -Retrospect Express HD (PC). -Retrospect Express (Mac). -MozyHome Online Service (PC/Mac download).	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other features3 differ
Internal	No	No
Mac compatibility	Yes	Yes
Minimum processorDiffers	300 MHz	Pentium II/PowerPC G3
Networking featuresKnown for one	10/100/1000Mbps	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power requirementsDiffers	AC 110 - 240 V	100 VAC - 240 VAC, 12VDC +/- 5%, 1.5 A
Quick start guideKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Supported network protocolsKnown for one	TCP/IP	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1	1
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Microsoft Windows 2000/2000 Professional/XP Home/XP Professional/ Vista, Mac OS X 10.3 or higher, Redhat 9, Mandrake 10, Debian 3.0, Gentoo, Knoppix, Fedora Core 3 and 4	Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional / XP Home / XP Professional / XP Professional x64 / Windows Vista, Mac OS X 10.2 - 10.5
Minimum RAMKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	256 MB
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0/Netscape 6.1, Safari 1.0
USB requiredKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

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