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Summary: alaTest collected and analyzed 1 reviews of FreeAgent Go for MAC from international magazines and websites and compared these to 88462 reviews for other Hard Drives. Experts rate this product 100/100. The amount of rated reviews for this product is too low to calculate a reliable alaScore™.
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macworld.co.uk
Editors' rating: 100
Summary: This is the first time Seagate has designed a product specifically for the Mac, and it's come up with a real winner. The FreeAgent Go For Mac is slim and light, with a neat silver and white trim that complements your Mac. It provides 320GB of storage ...
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Description: This Seagate FreeAgent Go Portable Mac Hard Drive is a 500GB, external hard disk drive.Compared to other external hard drives on the market, it is midpriced at around $135.Can connect with both FireWire and USB 2.0 for increased portability.
Pros: Has a 500GB capacity, which is considerably larger than some similarly priced hard drives.By way of comparison, the typical cost of a product with this large a capacity is $240.Also, this hard drive has a 5 year warranty, which is considerably more favorable than some similarly priced hard drives.By way of comparison, the average cost of a product with this favorable a warranty is $170.Connects to your PC via high speed USB 2.0 or FireWire cables.This product can also connect to older USB ports, but the transfer rates will be fairly slow.
Cons: Spins at only 5400 rpm.This is not out of line with the product's price, but is slower than the average hard drive on the market today.
Suitability: Suited for those who don't want to take apart their computer just to add more storage?just plug it in.
Value: Overall, this hard drive has good features for the money.On the other hand, you would usually pay about 20% less to get a external hard drive having a comparable data transfer rate.
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