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External Hard Disk Drives Roundup: 160GB Storage Capacity (page 2)

Category: Storage

by Aleksey Meyev

[ 02/27/2008 | 09:51 AM ]

Maxtor OneTouch III

Although Maxtor was bought up by Seagate, its name has not yet been forgotten. The Maxtor OneTouch III looks like an average external storage based on a 2.5” HDD. There is nothing extraordinary about the accessories which are a USB cable and a brief user manual. There is a connector for a power adapter in the device’s case, but no adapter or USB power cord is included. The main USB cable has and additional connector you can plug into a second USB port if one port cannot provide enough power to the drive.

Seagate Portable External Hard Drive

This is yet another product from Seagate, this time under its own brand. The descriptive name of the device sounds somewhat odd to me. As for the design and accessories, it only differs from the Maxtor OneTouch III externally but has the same connectors and the same way of attaching additional power. So, Seagate offers you the choice between a gray case with black sides and a black case with gray sides.