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Seagate FreeAgent Desk for Mac
8.0
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Criteria Comments Rating
  • Speed USB 2.0, would have been faster with Firewire 800 good
  • Durability Had to return the first one after 2 days after it just stopped working. Second one hasn't had any issues though for ~2 years. so-so
  • Portability It's not made for travel, but it's pretty small so you can toss it in a bag if you need. so-so
  • Design and form factor The white/silver colors and white wires make it "match" the mac look. good
  • Noise Sometimes, it just randomly makes a clicking sound...kinda scary. poor
Detailed review
1.5 TB drive, which will stand vertically or horizontally. Had to return the first one I bought when it stopped working after 2 days. Since then been pretty satisfied with it. Went with the USB 2.0 only because even though I mostly use it w/ my MacBook Pro I sometimes use it on a windows machine without firewire, so I am sacrificing a little speed for the convenience factor.

The one complaint I have that worries me is that sometimes there's a clicking sound. it's done this since I got it without any issues and from reading on the web, this is pretty common with these drives. But it's still kind of unnerving.

Overall, good drive though.