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External hard disk winner
Iomega Professional External Hard Drive
Verdict
A solid, do-everything drive with excellent performance
Review Date: 19 Aug 2009
Price when reviewed: £80
Overall Rating
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Comparison
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Iomega Professional Hard Drive
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LG External HDD XD2
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Iomega eGo Ruby Red PS
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| Details | |||
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| Part Code | 34290 | HXD2U50PL | 34619 |
| Review Date | 19 Aug 2009 | 20 Aug 2009 | 18 Aug 2009 |
| Price ex VAT | £80 | £64 | £76 |
| Price inc VAT | £92 | £74 | £87 |
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| Specifications | |||
| Capacity | 1.00TB | 500GB | 500GB |
| Cost per gigabyte | 8.6p | 13.8p | 16.1p |
| Hard disk usable capacity | 931GB | 465GB | 465GB |
| Hard disk type | Mechanical | Mechanical | Mechanical |
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| Write speed small files | 14.7MB/sec | 15.2MB/sec | 13.5MB/sec |
| Write speed large files | 29.3MB/sec | 28.7MB/sec | 29.0MB/sec |
