Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Iomega Prestige 2TB vs Iomega Prestige Portable Compact 500GB

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Comparison of Prestige 2TB, Prestige Portable Compact 500GB
25 specifications	A Iomega Prestige 2TB View product	B Iomega Prestige Portable Compact 500GB View product
Hard drive2 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	2 TB	500 GB
HDD speedDiffers	7200 RPM	5400 RPM
HDD sizeKnown for one	3.5"	Unknown — not stated by the source
Type	HDD	HDD
Storage drive buffer size	8 MB	8 MB
Ports & interfacesidentical
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	480 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB connector	USB	USB
USB version	2.0	2.0
Features1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Silver	Black
Poweridentical
Bus powered	USB	USB
External power adapterKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	120.6 mm	110 mm
DepthDiffers	198.6 mm	80.8 mm
HeightDiffers	31 mm	16 mm
WeightDiffers	976 g	180 g
Other features2 differ
Internal	No	No
Mac compatibility	Yes	Yes
Minimum RAM	256 MB	256 MB
Minimum processorDiffers	Pentium II, PowerPC G3	Intel Pentium II, Power PC G3
Power requirementsKnown for one	100Vac - 240Vac	Unknown — not stated by the source
Start-up currentKnown for one	1.5 A	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB required	Yes	Yes
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows 2000 / XP / Vista 32/64-bit Mac OS X 10.5+	Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional/XP Home/XP Professional/Windows Vista/Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.1 - 10.6
HDD transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	480 Mbit/s

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