Top 3 Best Portable External Hard Drives
There are many products to choose from, but there is only a handful of disk drive manufacturers - Seagate, Western Digital, Iomega and Toshiba. Selecting the best portable external hard drives among these companies is not that difficult. It boils down to capacity, physical size, and perhaps the most important factor of all, price.
My family and I have bought different portable external hard drives over the last few years, and all of us are happy with our choices. I recently purchased my 1.5TB Seagate FreeAgent Portable External Hard Drive, and am very pleased with the product. Here are my recommendations for the top 3 best portable external hard drives, based on capacity and price (the latter gathered from Amazon.com at the time this article is written). Most provide strong file encryption to protect your content.
Seagate FreeAgent Go 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive ST905003FAA2E1-RK (Black)
$79.99
Winner of CNET Editor's Choice, September 2008 and PC Magazine Editor's Choice, October 2008, this product allows you to quickly sync and back up your desktop via the USB 2.0 interface. Its sleek design allows you to pocket and carry your hard disk around. How's that for portability?
Toshiba 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Dive HDDR500E04XL (Liquid Blue)
$77.54
Powered by USB 2.0, this Toshiba product comes with easy-to-use backup software for both Windows and Mac users. It takes the complexity out of backing up computer data, thus making this chore a breeze. The 500 GB drive is capable of storing up to 142,000 digital photos, or 131,000 digital music files, or 410 downloaded digital movies.
Iomega Prestige 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive 34169
$102.24
This Iomega product provides you storage of up to 2 million photos, 9,250 hours of music, or 750 hours of video. It is so compact it fits in a shirt pocket, so you can carry it anywhere! The drive is easy to use, with a USB 2.0 interface with no external power supply required. It is also rugged enough so you can be assured of data safety when traveling.
These are products my family and I have experienced with. Assess your needs, then do some research to get the best prices before buying. Click on the links of the individual product for more technical details and up-to-date prices.
Sources:
Amazon.com
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/external/
http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Path=StorageSolutions/ExternalHardDrives/
http://go.iomega.com
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