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Iomega is rolling out two new external storage drives just for Mac users. The larger UltraMax sits nicely on your desktop with a whopping 1TB capacity while the ‘Black Series Portable Hard Drive’ is slim and compact with a 120GB capacity. They both come with FireWire and USB 2.0 ports as well as Retrospect Express backup software.
The UltraMax operates in RAID 0 mode by default, but can be switched to RAID 1 Mirroring for data backup. The Black Series drive is a small bus-powered hard drive that can operate without an external power source and spins at 5400 RPM.
And although they come preformatted for Macs with HFS+, the UltraMax can be reformatted to work with PCs, while the Black drive can work with PCs without reformatting. The UltraMax 1TB is priced at around $500, while the Black 120GB is priced at around $190.
Iomega rolls out two Mac only drives [Via: TGDaily]
Are their hard drives more durable than their zip drives?
oh my lord, dont remind me of those zippy disk.
Oh geez…zip drives…flash back…warning…flash back…
The $500 price tag for a 1TB isn’t too shabby.
It looks like a great deal to me. I see 500gb drives for $250 each at Fry’s, and a RAID enclosure like that would be at least $100, and probably closer to $200. If I had the money I’d buy one.