Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Iomega Select Portable 1TB vs LG XD5 external hard drive

8specifications compared
2differ
6identical
23known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- Select Portable 1TB:1 TB
- XD5 external hard drive:500 GB
Product colour
- Select Portable 1TB:Black
- XD5 external hard drive:White

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Comparison of Select Portable 1TB, XD5
31 specifications	A Iomega Select Portable 1TB View product	B LG XD5 external hard drive Model XD5 View product
Hard drive1 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	1 TB	500 GB
HDD speed	5400 RPM	5400 RPM
InterfaceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Serial ATA II
Type	HDD	HDD
Storage drive buffer sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 MB
HDD sizeKnown for one	2.5"	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfacesidentical
USB connector	USB	USB
USB version	2.0	2.0
Ethernet LANKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
eSATAKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
FireWire 400Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
FireWire 800Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Features1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Black	White
Plug and PlayKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
CertificationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	CE, FCC
Poweridentical
Bus powered	USB	USB
External power adapterKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Other featuresidentical
Internal	No	No
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Minimum RAMKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	60 MB
Minimum processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	350MHz
Minimum storage drive spaceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2048 MB
Power requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5VDC
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
USB requiredKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista Mac OS 10.0+
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	80 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	117 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightKnown for one	16 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
WeightKnown for one	150 g	Unknown — not stated by the source

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