Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Iomega Home Network Hard Drive 500 GB vs Verbatim 250GB FireWire

7specifications compared
5differ
2identical
14known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- Home Network Hard Drive 500 GB:500 GB
- 250GB FireWire:250 GB
HDD speed
- Home Network Hard Drive 500 GB:7200 RPM
- 250GB FireWire:5400 RPM
Weight
- Home Network Hard Drive 500 GB:1.31 kg
- 250GB FireWire:180 g

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Comparison of Home Network Hard Drive 500 GB, 250GB FireWire
21 specifications	A Iomega Home Network Hard Drive 500 GB View product	B Verbatim 250GB FireWire View product
Hard drive2 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	500 GB	250 GB
HDD speedDiffers	7200 RPM	5400 RPM
Ports & interfacesidentical
Ethernet LANKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	400 Mbit/s
Featuresidentical
Product colourKnown for one	Silver	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WidthKnown for one	120.6 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	239.7 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightKnown for one	33.3 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
WeightDiffers	1.31 kg	180 g
Packaging data1 differ
Bundled softwareDiffers	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Firefox 1.5, Netscape 8.0+ / Apple Safari 1.2+	CMS BounceBack Express Backup
Other features1 differ
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum RAMKnown for one	256 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Supported network protocolsKnown for one	SMB/CIFS/FTP	Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP Home / XP Professional / XP Professional x64 / Vista / Mac OS X 10.3.9+	Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Mac OS 8.6 – 9x, Mac OS X 10.1
FireWire requiredKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6-pin FireWire
Networking featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	FireWire
Dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	84 x 129 x 18 mm
Poweridentical
External power adapterKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

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