Storage Solutions Buying 500 GB Portable HDD for my laptop

[greenhorn]

I'm getting myself one of these from the UK, and a 7200rpm hdd locally. this supports sata2, and my lappy has a esata port. It needs 2~3 USB ports to power itself if a 7200rpm drive is used, but I'm taking care of that too ;-)

 

[letmein]

What's the main difference between the Expansion and Go Flex? Just the aftermarket USB 3 connector? And the Expansion seems to be a little bulkier.

Also, has production of the Free Agent Go stopped?

 

[techno_guy]

does go flex 500gb come with usb 3 connector ?

 

[mobile_user]

Hey, can somebody tell me the difference between Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 3.5 USB Desk Kit 1TB and Seagate External 3.5 Expansion Desktop 1TB Hard Drive.

 

[dipakshah]

Hi I wold recommend you to go for

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
If you compare it with your suggested it is high configured and less priced at Rs. 2,048 only. so save yor coupon for some other purchase.

 

[mobile_user]

Thanks Dipakshah, but this is an internal HDD. I have to put it in USB casing to use it with my laptop, which is not a good option and will cost me 500 more.