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Freecom FX-5 CD-RW 52x24x52x16 USB-2 vs Freecom Portable II DVD+RW USB-2

14specifications compared
11differ
3identical
8known for one product only

Key differences

Internal
- FX-5 CD-RW 52x24x52x16 USB-2:Yes
- Portable II DVD+RW USB-2:No
CD write speed
- FX-5 CD-RW 52x24x52x16 USB-2:52x
- Portable II DVD+RW USB-2:12x
CD rewrite speed
- FX-5 CD-RW 52x24x52x16 USB-2:24x
- Portable II DVD+RW USB-2:10x
CD read speed
- FX-5 CD-RW 52x24x52x16 USB-2:52x
- Portable II DVD+RW USB-2:32x
Operating relative humidity (H-H)
- FX-5 CD-RW 52x24x52x16 USB-2:5 - 80%
- Portable II DVD+RW USB-2:10 - 90%
Operating temperature (T-T)
- FX-5 CD-RW 52x24x52x16 USB-2:5 - 50 °C
- Portable II DVD+RW USB-2:5 - 40 °C
Bundled hardware
- FX-5 CD-RW 52x24x52x16 USB-2:USB cable AC adapter
- Portable II DVD+RW USB-2:Cable USB-2

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Comparison of FX-5 CD-RW 52x24x52x16 USB-2, Portable II DVD+RW USB-2
22 specifications	A Freecom FX-5 CD-RW 52x24x52x16 USB-2 View product	B Freecom Portable II DVD+RW USB-2 View product
Design1 differ
InternalDiffers	Yes	No
Performanceidentical
InterfaceKnown for one	USB 2.0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Burst transfer rateKnown for one	480 MB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Writing speed2 differ
CD write speedDiffers	52x	12x
CD rewrite speedDiffers	24x	10x
DVD rewrite speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.4x
Reading speed1 differ
CD read speedDiffers	52x	32x
DVD read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8x
Access timeidentical
Access timeKnown for one	120 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions2 differ
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Differs	5 - 80%	10 - 90%
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 50 °C	5 - 40 °C
Packaging content1 differ
Bundled softwareDiffers	Roxio EasyCD Creator recording software for PC & Toast for Mac.	DVD and CD Recording software.
Other features4 differ
Power requirementsDiffers	Voltage adapter +12 V, 1.5 A	Voltage Adapter +12V±8%, 1,5 A
Minimum system requirementsDiffers	Pentium 166 Mgz or higher, 100 Mb free disk space USB 2.0 or 1.1 interface CD-ROM drive for installation	PC with Windows 98SE/ME/2000Professional/XP, 150 MB free for included software. Data storage applications: Pentium II 450 MHz or higher, 64 MB RAM. DVD video creation: Pentium III 800 MHz or higher, 128 MB RAM, 5 GB free, video capture capability. Video capture card not included. This drive can not
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP and MacOS X.	Unknown — not stated by the source
I/O portsDiffers	USB	Easy connection to any interface (USB or USB-2 or IEEE 1394 (FireWire & i.LINK), PCMCIA, CardBus or Parallel).
Bundled hardwareDiffers	USB cable AC adapter	Cable USB-2
Media types supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	DVD+RW) DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, Random Access Write (CD-R/RW) CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD Extra, CD-I, Mixed-ModeCD,VideoCD, PhotoCD, CD TEXT, Bootable CD. Disc At Once, Session At once, Track At Once, Multi-Session, PacketWrite.
Total storage capacityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4.7 GB

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