| Seagate has launched what it claims is the first 1.5TB, | | | | Seagate offers the GoFlex Net media-sharing device. |
| 2.5-inch portable hard disk drive, which arrives less than | | | | Both add-ons are available at an additional cost. |
| three months after the company introduced a 3TB | | | | The latest FreeAgent GoFlex drive can store and |
| external drive. | | | | access files from both Windows and Mac OS X |
| | | | computers without reformatting. To make that possible, |
| The company, which has been pushing the capacity | | | | the user has to install a driver for the Mac provided by |
| envelope for HDDs based on current standards, | | | | Seagate. |
| released its latest FreeAgent GoFlex drive Tuesday. | | | | The new product is available online through Seagate |
| The portable device supports a Mac or Windows PC | | | | or at select retailers for $250. |
| and can store up to 60 high-definition movies, 750 | | | | In striving to produce higher capacity drives, Seagate |
| video games, or thousands of photos. | | | | and competitors are trying to stay ahead of the |
| In addition, Seagate has included a USB 3.0 port and | | | | growing need for storage as people use their |
| cable. When connected to another USB 3.0-supporting | | | | computers for storing high-definition video, pictures, and |
| device, the drive can transfer data up to 10 times | | | | music. Seagate, however, has been staying ahead of |
| faster than devices using older USB 2.0 technology | | | | the pack in terms of capacity. |
| found on most devices. | | | | In June, the company introduced what it claimed was |
| That 160GB hard drive in your netbook not doing it for | | | | the industry's first 3TB external hard drive, the |
| you? No worries, there are plenty of portable hard | | | | FreeAgent GoFlex Desk. While surpassing rivals in |
| drives on the market that you can use to expand your | | | | capacity, the company also kept the price competitive |
| storage, or easily backup or copy files from your | | | | at $250, or about 8 cents per gigabyte. |
| desktop to take with you on the road. We've seen | | | | There are a number of companies offering 1.5TB and |
| plenty of 500GB and even 1TB models over the past | | | | larger external hard drives — but most of those |
| year or so. Now Seagate has upped the game with | | | | models are 3.5 inch disks which require external |
| the introduction of a 1.5TB model. | | | | power. The Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex drive is a |
| For example, a 25GB file would take less than five | | | | smaller 2.5 inch disk which draws its power from the |
| minutes to transfer over a USB 3.0 connection versus | | | | USB port on your computer. |
| 14 minutes over USB 2.0, Seagate said. USB 3.0 is | | | | However, the drive comes with a USB 2.0 base, |
| backward compatible. | | | | requiring the user to pay an additional $40 for the |
| Besides offering lots of storage, the new drive can be | | | | optional base with a USB 3.0 connector. |
| used to play content on a high-definition TV using the | | | | Seagate's hard drive major competitors include |
| Seagate add-on GoFlex TV HD media player. For | | | | Western Digital. |
| accessing stored content remotely over the web, | | | | |