Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Philips External Hard Disk 1 TB vs Verbatim 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 160GB

7specifications compared
5differ
2identical
19known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- External Hard Disk 1 TB:1 TB
- 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 160GB:160 GB
HDD speed
- External Hard Disk 1 TB:7200 RPM
- 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 160GB:5400 RPM
HDD size
- External Hard Disk 1 TB:3.5"
- 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 160GB:2.5"
Bundled software
- External Hard Disk 1 TB:BackItUp 2
- 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 160GB:CMS BounceBack Express

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Comparison of External Hard Disk 1 TB, 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 160GB
26 specifications	A Philips External Hard Disk 1 TB View product	B Verbatim 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 160GB View product
Hard drive3 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	1 TB	160 GB
HDD speedDiffers	7200 RPM	5400 RPM
HDD sizeDiffers	3.5"	2.5"
Storage drive buffer sizeKnown for one	8 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfacesidentical
eSATAKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
FireWire 400Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WeightKnown for one	1.4 kg	Unknown — not stated by the source
WidthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	129 mm
DepthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	84 mm
HeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	18 mm
Packaging data1 differ
Bundled softwareDiffers	BackItUp 2	CMS BounceBack Express
Other features1 differ
Access timeKnown for one	8.5 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Drive device, transfer rateKnown for one	480 MB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum RAMKnown for one	128 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum processorKnown for one	1 GHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Quick start guideKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB cableKnown for one	USB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows 2000, Windows XP	Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP/Vista Mac OS 8.6 Mac OS 9.x Mac OS X 10.1 +
eSATA cableKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
FireWire cableKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Featuresidentical
Product colourKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Silver
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	84717050

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