Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Samsung 1TB Story Station vs Samsung 500GB S2 Portable

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Comparison of 1TB Story Station, 500GB S2 Portable
27 specifications	A Samsung 1TB Story Station View product	B Samsung 500GB S2 Portable View product
Hard drive2 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	1 TB	500 GB
HDD sizeDiffers	3.5"	2.5"
Type	HDD	HDD
Ports & interfacesidentical
Maximum data transfer rate	480 Mbit/s	480 Mbit/s
USB connector	USB	USB
USB version	2.0	2.0
Ethernet LAN	No	No
FireWire 400	No	No
FireWire 800	No	No
eSATAKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Features1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Grey	White
LED indicatorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Poweridentical
Bus powered	No	No
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)	5 - 40 °C	5 - 40 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-20 - 65 °C	-20 - 65 °C
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	119.5 mm	82 mm
DepthDiffers	192.8 mm	111 mm
HeightDiffers	41.8 mm	17.5 mm
WeightDiffers	902 g	170 g
Other features1 differ
Internal	No	No
Mac compatibility	Yes	Yes
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1	1
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) ports quantity	0	0
USB cableKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	USB
USB required	Yes	Yes
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows Vista/XP/2000 Mac OS x 10.4.8 +	Windows Vista/XP/2000/7 Mac OS x 10.4.8 +
Dimensions (W x D x H) (imperial)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	81.3 x 109.2 x 15.2 mm (3.2 x 4.3 x 0.6")

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