Seagate sent us one of their top of the line portable hard drives — a Seagate FreeAgent Go Flex 500GB. Along with the box comes two other boxes — one for a dedicated USB 3.0 port and another box for the Firewire cable.
Turns out the portable drive uses a proprietary port from Seagate and there’s a separate attachment that acts as an adapter for the regular USB 2.0 port.
The two other cables have the native ports attached to it so all you have to do when you want to switch to Firewire or USB 3.0 is to remove the adapter and plug the other cable in.
The set-up seems nice because it allows you to maximize the faster transfer rates afforded by USB 3.0 and Firewire. This is beneficial when you are transferring large amounts of date from a PC or laptop and into the portable HDD. The transfer time is cut down several folds shorter.
The disadvantage is that when you misplace the cables or the adapter, you’re done and you can’t use the usual mini-USB cables most other portable drives do.
The Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 500GB retails for around Php2,900 in stores but does not include the Firewire and USB 3.0 adapters which you buy separately.
This article originally appeared at - yugatech
