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Seagate FreeAgent Desk

$165.59 Released January, 2009

The Pros:A great way to keep redundant backups and sensitive data. Can be stored standing up or laying on its side. Industry leading 5 year warranty.

The Cons:Auto power-down makes it unmount itself in linux. Is not as transportable or easy to use on the go (larger, requires secondary power etc...).

The larger desktop equivilent to the Seagate FreeAgent GO, the Seagate FreeAgent Desk is a large external drive for transporting massive amounts of data or storage of media and/or crucial data. Featuring the same brushed metal wedge-like appearance, light activity display and backup/encryption software, the FreeAgent Desk uses faster, hotter, larger and more power hungry desktop drives that can store more data than their 2.5" laptop drive equivalents.

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Thus, with capacities ranging from 500GB to 1.5TB, the DeskDrive also requires an external power source besides the USB2.0 connection to power itself. A version is also available for Apple Mac users, with an Apple Time Machine ready format and the addition of two firewire ports (400 and 800).

Features

Capacity: 500, 640, 1000, 1500GB (PC version) 500, 1000, 1500GB (Mac Version)
Speed: 7200RPM SATA II drive connected through USB 2.0 (480Mbit max), or USB 2.0 and Firewire 400/800 on Mac version
Connection: USB 2.0 connection for transfer, external power supply, or USB 2.0, Firewire 400/800 and external power supply on Mac version
Dimensions & Weight: 185.0mm x 37.5mm x 152mm, 2.2 pounds (1.0 kg)
Includes encryption/backup tools for easy data sync/security, light display power indicator