Actually the name says all.
Slim Portable
We have seen some SSD drives that are very compact in recent
months. But we must recognize that this is the first time that we have met a
normal hard disk drive that is as thin and light as Slim Portable of Seagate.
This 500GB model has size with only 9x125x74 mm and its
weight is 160 grams, so you can put it in your bag and you don’t nearly feel
it. There is a Mac version of drive that is formatted in HFS+ file of Mac and
it has USB 2.0 configuration, but we checked USB 3.0 model. This model is formatted
like a Windows NTFS drive.
Seagate doesn’t forget Mac user. There is a benefit on disk
drive that can format drive again to use with Mac and it also provides option
to set up NTFS driver for Mac. Therefore, you can use it without formatting
again. This thing will allow you to use drive with Mac and PC – this thing is
impossible if you format it like HFS+ drive that is used for Mac.
The only thing we complain is Slim Portable isn’t the
fastest USB 3.0 drive that we have seen recently. It took about 80 seconds to
back up our group of 5GB testing files while it took 60 seconds in average to
some other USB 3.0 models that we have tested recently. Yet, it is compared
with FireWire 800 drive and it is faster than standard USB 2.0 drive.
Advice for shopping
Maybe it isn’t the fastest and cheapest USB 3.0 at present;
however, it’s difficult to defeat the ultra-thin and light design of Seagate
Slim Portable drive if you need a mobile real drive to use with Macbook.
Slim Portable
drive is very thin and mobile.
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Information
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Company: Seagate
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Price: $127
Evaluation
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Benefit: extremely thin, light and mobile
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Disadvantage: speed under average to USB 3.0
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Ranking: 4/5
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