Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Seagate GoFlex external hard drive vs Seagate GoFlex Desk 3TB

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Comparison of GoFlex, GoFlex Desk 3TB
21 specifications	A Seagate GoFlex external hard drive Model GoFlex View product	B Seagate GoFlex Desk 3TB View product
Hard drive1 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	500 GB	3 TB
HDD speedKnown for one	7200 RPM	Unknown — not stated by the source
Type	HDD	HDD
File format systemKnown for one	NTFS	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfacesidentical
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	480 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB connectorKnown for one	USB	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB versionKnown for one	2.0	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB data transfer ratesKnown for one	480 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Features1 differ
Product colour	Black	Black
Plug and PlayKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
LED indicatorsKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mac operating systems supportedDiffers	Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion	Yes
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Power1 differ
Bus poweredDiffers	USB	No
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	83 mm	124 mm
DepthDiffers	111 mm	44 mm
HeightDiffers	14 mm	158 mm
WeightDiffers	150 g	1.08 kg
Packaging dataidentical
Cables includedKnown for one	USB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB requiredKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source

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