Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Verbatim 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 120GB vs Verbatim 3.5'' External USB Hard Drive 500GB

Key differences

HDD capacity
- 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 120GB:120 GB
- 3.5'' External USB Hard Drive 500GB:500 GB
HDD speed
- 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 120GB:5400 RPM
- 3.5'' External USB Hard Drive 500GB:7200 RPM
HDD size
- 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 120GB:2.5"
- 3.5'' External USB Hard Drive 500GB:3.5"
Width
- 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 120GB:129 mm
- 3.5'' External USB Hard Drive 500GB:221 mm
Depth
- 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 120GB:84 mm
- 3.5'' External USB Hard Drive 500GB:127 mm
Height
- 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 120GB:18 mm
- 3.5'' External USB Hard Drive 500GB:39 mm

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Comparison of 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 120GB, 3.5'' External USB Hard Drive 500GB
19 specifications	A Verbatim 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 120GB View product	B Verbatim 3.5'' External USB Hard Drive 500GB View product
Hard drive3 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	120 GB	500 GB
HDD speedDiffers	5400 RPM	7200 RPM
HDD sizeDiffers	2.5"	3.5"
Type	HDD	HDD
Ports & interfacesidentical
FireWire 400	Yes	Yes
Featuresidentical
Product colour	Silver	Silver
Poweridentical
External power adapterKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Weight & dimensions3 differ
WidthDiffers	129 mm	221 mm
DepthDiffers	84 mm	127 mm
HeightDiffers	18 mm	39 mm
Other features1 differ
Internal	No	No
Mac compatibility	Yes	Yes
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	CD-ROM
Power requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	+5V; +12V
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
USB cableKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	USB
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP/Vista Mac OS 8.6 Mac OS 9.x Mac OS X 10.1 +	Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP/Vista Mac OS 8.6-9.x Mac OS X 10.1 +
FireWire cableKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging dataidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	CMS BounceBack Express	Unknown — not stated by the source

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