Seagate Announces First 1.5TB Portable Hard Drive
Seagate Announces First 1.5TB Portable Hard Drive
Posted 09/21/2010 at 8:43am
| by Paul Lilly
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It's getting easier to carry your digital luggage from point A to point B thanks to ever increasing capacities in portable storage. Take for example Seagate's new 1.5TB FreeAgent GoFlex ultra-portable drive. According to Seagage, this ranks as the planet's first 1.5TB portable external drive.
"Today’s announcement is a 'triple-crown' of consumer technology—packaging record breaking capacity, blazingly fast USB 3.0 connectivity and the bonus of movie entertainment—making the 1.5TB GoFlex ultra-portable drive an unprecedented and innovative solution," said Darcy Clarkson, vice president of Global Retail Sales and Marketing for Seagate. "Bringing this solution to market on the heels of our 3TB GoFlex Desk drive and the Momentus XT solid state hybrid drive is proof of Seagate’s continuing technology leadership and tradition of setting storage industry milestones."
In addition to USB 3.0 connectivity, the FreeAgent GoFlex also features 192-bit triple DES encryption, automatic continuous backup, and Seagate's Dashboard management tool for managing backup schedules, viewing drive stats, and more.
The new drive is available now for $250.
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Keith E. Whisman
September 22, 2010 at 7:28am
Does this HDD have a standard Sata interface and Sata power connector? I want to know if you can buy this hard drive, crack the case and put the hard drive in a laptop. That would be a laptop with 1.5Tb of storage, surely epic when it comes to laptops.
Walnut
September 21, 2010 at 11:13am
Dimensions: 5.28in L x 3.51in W x 0.87in
Dimensions of 1.5TB WD External Drive: 7in L x 4.9in W x 1.4in
Price difference: $155 in favor of WD
Color me unimpressed.
TechW
September 21, 2010 at 8:52am
I am baffled why Seagate would go with triple DES encryption rather than AES at this point. Conspiracy theories anyone?
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