Archos 7 (320GB)

Advantages: Light, extra features, good quality, memory, media support.
Disadvantages: Not really any.

... Well it's a touchscrene for a start. It is amazingly easy to navigate, sporting a well-designed title menu. Furthermore, there isn't really an instalation process, it's pretty much just turn it on and off you go. 5/5 Look and Design It certainly looks cool. This actually turns heads when you're using it on a bus or train, and I've even had the odd brave person come over and ask what it is and what it does. 5/5 Range of Features Pretty good, it has: *More memory than you, or at least I, will ever use with 320GB storing up to 400 movies, 3.2 million photos, or 190,000 songs. I mean who gets time to watch 400 movies or listen to 190,000 songs? and as for 3.2 million photos... *A die-hard battery, playing 39 hours music and 10 hours video playback time on a single charge. * Video support for MPEG-4, M-JPEG and even...

anakha6 23.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of Archos 7 320GB

Lacie Desktop Hard Disk 320 GB

Advantages: Does what it says on the tin.
Disadvantages: Disadvantages?!

...During my final year of uni, this little gem turned out to be a Godsend. Doing a course which required a lot of camera work, I needed somewhere to store all the raw footage, which anyone who's ever worked with footage from a high quality video camera knows, takes up a hell of a lot of space. So I needed somewhere to keep it locked away safely to take around from uni computer to uni computer. My weapon of choice for an external hard drive was the Lacie Desktop Hard Disk 320 GB. Having brought it online for just under £50, that instantly stuck me as a bargain. Purchased approximately 18 months ago, that was a steal. Naturally, with the passing of time and the increasing availability of external hard drives, the price of this items has began to fall, as is the case with all types of technology. Once plugged in and inserted into a USB...

carl.mcqueen 28.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of LaCie Desktop Hard Disk 320 GB

Seagate barracuda SATA 320gb hard drive review

Advantages: Fast, Value for Money, Quiet, 5yr warranty
Disadvantages: none that i know

...to transfer data between pc's without using a network, or for backup storage on many pc's. Also with external hard drives from seagate you only get a 1yr warranty, instead of 5yrs for internal drives like this one. The formatted usable size is 298gb, not 320gb, it is very quiet I do not notice it at all. It is lightning fast thanks to its 16mb cache which helps make windows and programs load up quicker. The downside with the low price I paid was that as it was OEM (original equipment manufacturer) hard drive, this means that it is for computer manufactures and the hard drive is the only item incuded, so there is no instruction manual, or the sata cable to connect your hard drive to the motherboard. I had to buy the cable seperatly, but this was only a couple of quid. However nnon OEM drives come with the cable included. Although no...

simpson123 17.12.2006 · Read review
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Review of Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320 GB

It's not hard to drive in the west

Advantages: good space, great price and works a charm
Disadvantages: not quite the full 320GB stated but hey....

...a good search for the right internal HD I finally came across a selection by several different companies, all claiming to offer the best quality at a good price. But the one that jumped out at me was from a company called Western Digital, who I had dealt with before and felt quite confident about. ** Brief description? (technical stuff coming up) * 2.5? internal hard drive * 320GB hard drive * Serial ATA * 300 Mbps transfer rate * 5400 rpm spindle speed * 8 MB buffer zone * Works with all Windows (not sure about 7) * Shockgaurd technology protects the drive from shocks * Whisperdrive technology gives a quiet performance with great power consumption. * SecurePark technology, which means that the reading head never touches the disk, therefore giving longer life to the drive. * 70mm by 100mm by 9.5mm * 117...

blissman70 10.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Western Digital Scorpio WD3200BEVT 320 GB

Iomega eGo - stylish, affordable and shock resistant

Advantages: Good looking, small, lightweight, additional software included, can be dropped...
Disadvantages: Not the fastest in terms of file transfer

...recommended in computer magazines. Iomega eGo portable drives are available for Windows and Mac operating systems and come in five colours: ruby red, midnight blue, silver (alpine white in US), genuine leather and black belt. The capacity options are 250GB, 320GB and 500GB (not all colours are available for each capacity). There is also a special version for Mac users, already formatted HFS+ and with three ports: FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0. After researching my options I bought a ruby red 320GB original portable series (not the special Mac edition) drive from Misco.co.uk, which cost me £62.08 including delivery. Note, this model (no 34615) can be used in both Windows and Mac computers (although not really recommended for Mac users as you will learn later). Features: Protection Suite This is a suite...

Veronica115012 15.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Iomega eGo Portable Hard drive 320 GB

A high tech storage box

Advantages: Plenty space, looks good and very tough.
Disadvantages: None so far.

...I love music, I love movies and as a model I have thousands of pictures all of which I store digitally on my PC well that at least is where I used to store them but I now choose to store them on my shiny new Freecom hard drive. My PC is a good one and it has a 250GB hard drive which I thought would always be plenty for me but I was soon proved wrong and had to get myself an external hard drive and after a few recommendations I settled on the Freecom 320GB tough drive. My modelling pictures are all taken by professionals and using professional cameras that deliver RAW images which are huge in size (aprox 6MB each) when you consider I have thousands of them, space disappears fast. Add to this the thousands of music I store digitally and the tons of movies and you quickly see why the external hard drive was needed. As this hard drive...

candy-pink 27.04.2009 · Read review
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Review of Freecom ToughDrive Pro Hard drive 320 GB

Seagate ST9320325AS

Advantages: Small, quiet, reliable
Disadvantages: Can't think of any really

...IDE drives. One of the main differences is the connector cables, which are smaller and tidier and easier to plug in. I bought my Seagate drive from ebuyer.com and it cost £42.57 including VAT and shipping for 320GB, which is roughly 13p per gigabyte of storage. As I'm paranoid about losing my entire collection of MP3's (16GB and counting) and digital photo albums (25GB and rising fast) I thought this drive was an essential purchase. If you bought this hard drive to install into a laptop you would lose some space due to the operating system but I still think 320GB is quite a lot, and for the average laptop user it is more than adequate. Obviously if you have thousands of high resolution photographs and high quality MP3's then you would need to buy a larger capacity drive but otherwise this is a very good price for the amount...

tor0908 06.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9320325AS 320 GB

Experience the Best Portable Drive

Advantages: Compact, Secure, Scratch proof, Rugged, Easy Plug and Play
Disadvantages: No disadvantages I have seen

...HI friends are you planning to buy a portable external hard drive. If yes, I want to share my experience of Transcend Store Jet 25 Mobile 320 GB. The model number is TS320GSJ25M. I am just impressed with the design and functionalities of this drive. First of all I want to say that it just look like a CASIO scientific calculator. The size of the hard disk is (134x80.8x18.8) mm (LxWxH). It s just weight 200 Gms. The drive is wrapped with a very soft scratch proof cover. Its design is very cute. You will just love it. In India the price of this drive is Rs. 4000 about $ 80 on 26th Dec 2008. A little bit expensive than other 320 GB hard disk like Seagate's Maxtor. But Seagate Maxtor does not have scratch proof design and Shock Resistant design. The Main features of this drive are: 1. This is very compact and Easy to use. 2. It...

pkprasad82 26.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Transcend StoreJet 25 Mobile 320 GB

Very quiet, fast HDD, Perpendicular recording

Advantages: Fast, new Perpendicular Technology, very quiet, fair price
Disadvantages: Not keen on cloning software available from Seagate

...The 7200.10 hard disk drives from Seagate are the first to use new Perpendicular Technology for recording data. This makes them, in theory, faster than other hard disk drives. This is because the drive head has less far to move in order to record/retrieve the same amount of data. I have recently purchased the 320GB ATA100 version and I do notice slightly higher speeds compared to my previous Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 80GB drive. Official reviews claim that the seek noise is higher with the 7200.10 than 7200.9, and higher than the majority of other leading drives. However, I cannot personally hear it seek at all, even when the drive is very busy. I do have a well insulated case but I am still able to hear the internal fans and another older hard disk I have. The reviews I've seen give very favourable figures for the spinning noise...

zedreview 02.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320 GB

Quality, Affordable Back-Up Hard Drive

Advantages: Very Fast, Efficient, Stylish, Easy Installation
Disadvantages: Only a minor point the 1m usb cable

...bigger as its only 1 meter long, something to bear in mind if you plan to have it as a permanant fixture on your computer desk. Installation manual was very easy to read and very helpful with diagrams. So easy I didn't use it though.Plug up the cables, usb and power then power on using the on/off switch located at the back of the drive and away you go, Installation on a Vista Computer was lightning fast and was detected immediately and the driver was installed in a matter of 10/15 seconds.It is very quiet in operation and has a quality blue light which flashes during data transfer.I used Acronis True Image 10 to make a full backup of my 320GB hard drive in less than 45 minutes although it only had a 100gb of data to backup. I thoroughly recommend this external hard drive to all....

robert232 06.06.2007 (08.06.2007) · Read review
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Review of Iomega HDD External Desktop Hard Drive 320 GB