Verbatim 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 160GB vs Verbatim 2.5'' Portable USB Hard Drive 160GB

Comparison of 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 160GB, 2.5'' Portable USB Hard Drive 160GB

18 specifications	A Verbatim 2.5'' Portable FireWire Hard Drive 160GBView product	B Verbatim 2.5'' Portable USB Hard Drive 160GBView product
Hard driveidentical
HDD capacity	160 GB	160 GB
HDD speed	5400 RPM	5400 RPM
HDD size	2.5"	2.5"
Type	HDD	HDD
Ports & interfacesidentical
FireWire 400Known for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Product colour	Silver	Silver
Weight & dimensionsidentical
Width	129 mm	129 mm
Depth	84 mm	84 mm
Height	18 mm	18 mm
Packaging data1 differ
Bundled softwareDiffers	CMS BounceBack Express	CMS BounceBack Express Backup
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	84717050	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Internal	No	No
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible operating systems	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 Mac OS 9.x Mac OS X 10.1 +
FireWire cableKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	1
USB requiredKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Poweridentical
Bus poweredKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	USB

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