Tag: External Hard Drive
Western Digital launch 2TB My Passport portable drive
Hot on the heels of their newly-released Thunderbolt drives, Western Digital are launching an updated My Passport portable external hard drive line, pushing the storage capacity up to a generous 2TB. As well as speedy USB 3.0 transfer speeds and…
Western Digital My Book Thunderbolt Duo Dual-Drive storage system now shipping.
Western Digital's My Book Thunderbolt Duo Dual-Drive is now up for sale after first being revealed at January's MacWorld 2012 show. Making use of the new superfast Thunderbolt data transfer standard, the My Book Thunderbolt Duo Dual-Drive can be equipped…
REVIEW: Western Digital My Book Essential 3TB external hard drive
If you're looking to do some super-quick, super-painless PC spring cleaning, you'll want to grab an external hard drive with USB 3.0 transfer speeds. Western Digital's My Book Essential range offers as much as a massive 3TB of external storage, and transfer speeds three times as fast as USB 2.0 thanks to their USB 3.0 connectivity options. We took a 3TB model for a spin. Read on for our thoughts!
Buffalo launch 1TB and 500GB MiniStation Plus storage solutions
Buffalo are looking to boost your PC storage space without taking up too much room on your desktop with the new MiniStation Plus external hard-drive range. Shock-proof and USB 3 compatible for high-speed file transfers, the sleek drives come…
REVIEW: Seagate GoFlex Slim 320GB external hard drive
The world's thinnest external hard drive may be catwalk-ready, but can it handle a load of full-fat files crammed into its svelte frame?
Seagate launch "worlds first" 3TB external hard drive
Seagate have launched the 3TB FreeAgent GoFlex Desk external hard-drive. Offering a whopping amount of storage space, Seagate are claiming it's the world's first external drive of its size. Compatible with Windows XP, Vista and 7 and Mac OS…
Drobo 16TB HDD – a whole lot of space for whole lot of funny
From the people who brought you the first “self-aware” hard drive comes the latest Drobo external storage unit with more space to stack your file junk than you can shake a whole forest of sticks at.
Why anyone needs to store up to 16TB…
Shiny Review: Buffalo MiniStation Turbo USB External Hard Drive
If you haven’t yet invested in an external hard drive, consider the MiniStation Turbo jobbie from Buffalo, which Alex has reviewed here. Does it earn your hard-earned £49.95? Read on below to find out…
There are so many compact external USB hard drives around these days, that it’s hard to differentiate between them. In some cases it’s extra value – a large capacity for a low price – and often it’s just looks, as in the case of the Pininfarina-pimped SimpleTech drives. But Buffalo’s Turbo USB claims to improve transfer speed by up to 64%. That’s compared to a 4200 RPM HDD, but it should also be substantially faster than a similar 5400 RPM HDD.
I was testing the Buffalo shortly after some other standard drives, so was able to run a pretty fair comparison and conduct something more akin to a group test. Most of these had a slightly higher capacity – usually 160GB – than the Buffalo Turbo’s 120GB. But did it really improve on performance?…
Price per GB of external hard drives drops by one-third in a year
Let's be honest, hard drives aren't exactly the sexiest bits of computer gear, but they're increasingly important as we download yet more data from the Net and have to store it. A new report from GfK shows that the price…
