Seagate Goflex or Freeagent OR WD Passport

Size req : 320GB (500GB...if not much price diff)

--> Whether to go with USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 ??

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^ usb 3 ones not available, myself bought freeagent 500gb for 3800/- last week, goflex was quoted 6.8k.

I would prefer a Seagate GoFlex. Please see my posts here and here .

Bought Seagate Freeagent 500GB --> 3900

Thanks guys

^good purchase. HDD's are so cheap now I brought my WD My Passport 250GB @ 4.1k before 2years. SHOCKING price down.

Varad Dilip Choudhari said:
^good purchase. HDD's are so cheap now I brought my WD My Passport 250GB @ 4.1k before 2years. SHOCKING price down.

Thanks bro...

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bajaj151 said:
Bought Seagate Freeagent 500GB --> 3900

Thanks guys

good and sensible purchase...I have been using Seagate Freeagent GO 500GB for more than 2 years and till now i have not faced any kind of problem. Plus Seagent offers 5 yrs of warranty for Freeagent GO which is gr8.

^^ Thanks bro...

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Bought Seagate Free Agent Go Flex 500GB Ultra portable deive for Rs.3100 from nehru place today.

Superb style,speed and software. :razz:

Bought Seagate Free Agent Go Flex 500GB from ritchie street yesterday at Rs 3000

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www.expresspassport.com

Very interesting post. Thanks for the sharing.

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Seagate FreeAgent Go comes with 5 years warranty

Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex comes with 3 years warranty

So best is - Seagate FreeAgent Go

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The detachable adaptor of GoFlex is worth the extra money and 2 yrs less warranty.

azaad_shri75 said:
^ usb 3 ones not available, myself bought freeagent 500gb for 3800/- last week, goflex was quoted 6.8k.

That's GoFlex pro. GoFlex and GoFlex pro are different. Pro comes with a premium encryption software and a Desktop Dock. If you're looking for benchmarks via sata2 and USB, you can check them out here: *www.hardwarebbq.com/2010/12/seagate-freeagent-goflex-pro-500-gb.html

BTW, GoFlex 500GB is available for 3k via Prime. Comes with 3 years warranty. Someone said in U.K. its 2 year warranty but not yet confirmed.

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@Ishu Gupta
Whats use of detachable adaptor ?

^^ You get firewire/USB 3.0/E-sata adapter on retail (not sure in India) so you can swap the adapter. Other than that, there's a WD media streamer where you can plug this in. AFAIK, GoFlex will have a series of updates. Seagate seem to be keen on the coming CES 2011.

What Sorcerer said and you can attach any standard internal harddisk via that adaptor.
Desk edition can run 3.5", 2.5" and SSDs and Portable Edition can run 2.5" and SSDs.

I love this feature.

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@Ishu Gupta
Didnt get the point..

You mean If I have 3.5" SATA Internal HDD, I can use this adapter & connect to USB port of laptop ?

Yes

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@Ishu Gupta

Do you have photo of that adapter ? If you can post the pic, It would be great to understand.

I have posted pics in the latest purchase thread.

EDIT:
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/1311764-post6293.html

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Thanks

In this pic - *img46.imageshack.us/img46/9302/14122010343.jpg

One is goes to power & other for SATA connection ?

No you just insert your HDD into that.

BTW yes one is power and one is SATA.