Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Iomega UltraMax 500 GB FireWire/USB 2.0 vs Philips External Hard Disk 500 GB

12specifications compared
4differ
8identical
21known for one product only

Key differences

Weight
- UltraMax 500 GB FireWire/USB 2.0:1.14 kg
- External Hard Disk 500 GB:1.4 kg
Minimum RAM
- UltraMax 500 GB FireWire/USB 2.0:256 MB
- External Hard Disk 500 GB:128 MB
Minimum processor
- UltraMax 500 GB FireWire/USB 2.0:PowerPC G3/300 MHz Pentium
- External Hard Disk 500 GB:1 GHz

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Comparison of UltraMax 500 GB FireWire/USB 2.0, External Hard Disk 500 GB
33 specifications	A Iomega UltraMax 500 GB FireWire/USB 2.0 View product	B Philips External Hard Disk 500 GB View product
Hard driveidentical
HDD sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3.5"
Ports & interfacesidentical
USB connectorKnown for one	USB	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB versionKnown for one	2.0	Unknown — not stated by the source
FireWire 400Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
eSATAKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Featuresidentical
Product colourKnown for one	Silver	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WidthKnown for one	41 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	240 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightKnown for one	140 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
WeightDiffers	1.14 kg	1.4 kg
Other features3 differ
FireWire requiredKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD transfer rateKnown for one	480 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum RAMDiffers	256 MB	128 MB
Minimum processorDiffers	PowerPC G3/300 MHz Pentium	1 GHz
Special featuresKnown for one	HFS+	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB requiredKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Mac OS X version 10.1 + Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional / XP Home / XP Professional / XP Professional x64 / Windows Vista	Windows 2000, Windows XP
FireWire cableKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Access timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8.5 ms
Drive device, transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	480 MB/s
Package weightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2400 kg
Packaging tare weightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1000 kg
eSATA cableKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Packaging dataidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	BackItUp 2

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