The Innovation of Seagate Hard Drive

By Andreas Lee

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Seagate is the big family of hard drives, and has become a very popular brand which dominates hard drive market in the world with newest innovation. For you to know that Seagate is the first industry that creates hard drive with a speed of 7200 rpm.

Seagate hard drive which is known for its low noise and excellent performance always provides satisfaction for people, besides in terms of performance, price, and capacity. Seagate hard drive innovation is always been considered by the competitors, one of them is Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440 which breaks the record as the largest hard drive capacity with 8 TB (8000 GB) capacity.

In terms of design for portable hard drives, Seagate is still the champion. Seagate hard drive that I am talking about is Seagate ST68022U-RK.

Seagate ST68022U-RK 8 GB External Hard Drive

Seagate ST68022U-RK

This Seagate product provides a large capacity for a portable hard drive. With a unique design like Discman but smaller, it is easy to put in small pocket and also simple to use. No software needed, just plug and play.

Just like another bus powered Seagate hard drive, you do not need power supply to run it. The flashing blue light lets you know it is reading or writing a file and its silver outer shell rotates to reveal or hide the USB cable.

You can take this pretty handy device when traveling or on business trip because its solid shell is strong enough to protect your data from impact. In terms of performance, Seagate hard drive ST68022U-RK will not disappoint you; USB 2.0 gives fast connection and 3600 RPM is enough for portable hard drive.

Specs

• Capacity : 8 GB
• Rotation speed : 3600 rpm
• Cache size : 2 MB
• Transfer speed : 480 Mbps
• Interface : USB 2.0
• Platform : Windows PC and Mac

Pros

A unique design, its shell can rotate to hide/reveal USB cable, and working fast enough for a portable hard drive

Cons

This Seagate hard drive still comes in a high price.

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