Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Philips External Hard Disk 750 GB vs Verbatim 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 160GB

6specifications compared
4differ
2identical
20known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- External Hard Disk 750 GB:750 GB
- 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 160GB:160 GB
HDD speed
- External Hard Disk 750 GB:7200 RPM
- 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 160GB:5400 RPM
HDD size
- External Hard Disk 750 GB:3.5"
- 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 160GB:2.5"
Bundled software
- External Hard Disk 750 GB:BackItUp 2
- 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 160GB:CMS BounceBack Express

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Comparison of External Hard Disk 750 GB, 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 160GB
26 specifications	A Philips External Hard Disk 750 GB View product	B Verbatim 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 160GB View product
Hard drive3 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	750 GB	160 GB
HDD speedDiffers	7200 RPM	5400 RPM
HDD sizeDiffers	3.5"	2.5"
Type	HDD	HDD
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 featuresidentical
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
Internal	No	No
Minimum RAMKnown for one	128 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	Win XP / Win 2000	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
eSATA cableKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP/Vista Mac OS 8.6 Mac OS 9.x Mac OS X 10.1 +
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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