Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Seagate 1TB GoFlex for Mac vs Seagate 500GB GoFlex for Mac

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Comparison of 1TB GoFlex for Mac, 500GB GoFlex for Mac
23 specifications	A Seagate 1TB GoFlex for Mac View product	B Seagate 500GB GoFlex for Mac View product
Hard drive2 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	1 TB	500 GB
HDD speedDiffers	5400 RPM	7200 RPM
HDD size	2.5"	2.5"
Type	HDD	HDD
Ports & interfacesidentical
USB connector	USB	USB
USB version	2.0	2.0
USB data transfer rates	480 Mbit/s	480 Mbit/s
FireWire 400	Yes	Yes
FireWire 800	Yes	Yes
Features1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Silver	Black
Plug and Play	Yes	Yes
Windows operating systems supported	Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Business x64, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Basic x64, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Ho	Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Business x64, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Basic x64, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Ho
Mac operating systems supported	Yes	Yes
Poweridentical
Bus powered	No	No
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	89 mm	82 mm
DepthDiffers	22 mm	14 mm
HeightDiffers	120 mm	112 mm
WeightDiffers	280 g	160 g
Packaging dataidentical
Cables includedKnown for one	FireWire, USB	Unknown — not stated by the source
User guide	Yes	Yes
Other featuresidentical
FireWire required	Yes	Yes
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1	1
USB required	Yes	Yes

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