Buffalo 500GB USB Drive
Thursday 13 Mar 08 | Category: Technology
Buffalo have announced a 500GB MiniStation TurboUSB hard drive that comes encased in a shock-resistant cover. It has a fixed, wraparound USB cable, which is handy and, best of all, is USB powered so doesn't rely on a separate power supply. I currently use Freecom Toughdrives and LaCie All-terrain drives when I'm travelling but this is the first 500GB bus-powered drive that I've seen.
Although the extra space would be great (my current drives are 120GB only) I think the wraparound USB cable could have been a bit neater. The Freecom ToughDrive, for example, has a USB connector the slips back inside the case so there's no chance of it getting caught on something and pulled loose.
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