Hitachi Hard Drive - new range of external drives
June 6th, 2007Hitachi have unleashed a new range of external USB hard drives, with a 250GB portable and a massive 1TB, err, non-portable version. Smaller versions are also available with the 160GB portable rocking in at US$140. All the drives feature USB 2.0 connectivity with the portable versions sucking their power from your PC.
I decided to do a little head to head comparison of the 160GB portable against cheaper competitors to see what I was getting for my dollar.
So I lined the Hitachi up against the 160GB portable offerings from Western Digital and the sexy looking SimpleTech Pinifarina. All the figures are courtesy of bestbuy.com except where noted.
* Source Dell
** Source SimpleTech
So what’s the conclusion? Well, you have to admit that the WD wins on weight and considering you’ll probably be lugging one of these babies around in a laptop case that could be a deciding factor and with a $110 price tag too, how can you say no? The Pinifarina looks sleek and sexy but does that justify the extra $30 - probably only if it matches your PC! As for the Hitachi? Well, no cigar I’m afraid to say, the Western Digital beating it out on price and weight.
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