Seagate, Western Digital Change Hard-Drive Lineups

September 15th, 2008 | Category: Tech Talk

Seagate and Western Digital both detailed changes in their external hard-drive lineups Monday. Customers can choose capacities from 250GB to 1TB, with software add-ons and color options. Smaller, faster and cheaper are the buzzwords.

Seagate FreeAgent

Seagate revamped its 2.5-inch FreeAgent portable and external drives for PCs and Macs. The drives are preformatted for the Macintosh or PC, come in an array of colors, and include utilities to prepare external storage easier to use.

The FreeAgent Go

is the first portable drive with a docking station, according to Seagate. With docking stations hooked up on multiple computers, users can easily connect for file, video, music and photo sharing. The FreeAgent Go is available in capacities up to 500GB in silver, black, red or blue. An imitation leather carrying pouch and a USB cable are included, but the docking station is sold separately for $29.95.

The PC Go drives are $119.99 for […]

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