Iomega Silver Series Portable External Hard Drives - 160GB, 200GB, 250GB - Review

Iomega is a well known global leader in the making of devices for data storage. The newly launched Iomega External Hard Drive Silver Series with a Hi-speed USB and this product is an external device which is portable, small yet robust, light-weighted and user friendly.

These portable external hard drives prove to be an added boon to store excess data and it also acts an additional storage centre for a PC.

DESIGN AND APPEARANCE

This Silver Series external hard drive weighs hardly .48 lbs and supposed to be one of the light weighted drives that it is obviously taken as a pocket-sized hard drive. The silver coloured casing is extremely elegant and attractive that it gets nestled up on any kind of cluttered backdrop. The device illuminate with a power light when it is switched on and continues to flicker when it is in process.

This portable hard drive from Iomega Silver Series is one of the most comfortable devices to use as it does not require any power source from outside. It is clear plug and play usage material. The technology that prevents Drop Shock helps people while on travel and it is quite large enough to store all the necessary data in it. This model supports interfaces of both type - the USB and the USB/FireWire. Both these are perfect for the users of PC and Mac. There are two models in 160 GB and 200 GB. One of each model supports both the interfaces and another one just the USB 2.0.

USER FRIENDLY

This pocket hard drive is very easy to use and to set up also. Extra power could be made use of by the way of getting plugged to a secondary USB cable. This has a 7200 rpm or rotation per minute. It has a great performance and easy to plug and play your invaluable audio or videos and share them. Precious memories through pictures and photos can be viewed in large.

This Iomega external hard drive comes compact in various capacities like 160GB, 200GB and 250GB. The device can store up to a maximum of 1,000,000 photos or about 4,625 hours of music or continuous 375 hours of video.

PACKAGE CONTENT

The slim and easy-to-carry portable hard drive comes with an array of a connection cable, one supplemental power cord, a quick install guide, the HTML user manual and help files and the Backup software.

Iomega Silver Series Portable Hard Drive - Technical Specifications, Features

Manufacturer IOMEGA
Model Name Silver Series Portable
Type Portable External Hard Drive
Colour Silver
Dimensions (L x W x H) .75″ x 3.5″ x 5.25″
Weight .48 lbs
Available Capacities 160GB USB 2.0
160GB USB 2.0/FireWire
200GB USB 2.0
200GB USB 2.0/FireWire
250GB USB 2.0/FireWire
Interface USB 2.0/1.1
Spindle speed 7200 RPM
Product Specifics Hot swappable , 7200 RPM hard disk with 2MB cache buffer,
Preformatted, 3.5 inch form factor, 480 Mbps of interface
transfer rate in USB and 400 Mbps on FireWire
System requirements Microsoft Windows Me/2000/2000 Pro/ XP Home or Professional;
Macintosh G4 or G3 (blue and white G3 only)
iMac computer with built-in USB connection and Mac OS 9.0 or above.
Warranty One year limited
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