Computer storage

  • 7.9

    WD My Passport Elite 500GB

    20 Nov 2009 9:17 AM

    Desktop users who need a portable drive will find the My Passport Elite endearing, although the dock could stand to be a little more user friendly.

    Specs: 480 Mbps

  • 8.4

    WD My Passport Essential SE 1TB

    18 Nov 2009 4:53 PM

    Western Digital's 1TB Passport drive isn't pretty or cheap, but its bland look belies the storage and backup goodies within.

  • 5.8

    LaCie Starck Mobile

    12 Nov 2009 4:15 PM

    LaCie clearly spent a lot of time designing the look and feel of the Starck Mobile Hard Drive, but it trips up on the basic essentials like weight, ease of use, cost per gigabyte and transfer speed.

    Specs: USB 2.0 , Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7/Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5, 10.6 or higher , 60 Mbps

  • LaCie Starck

    09 Oct 2009 9:10 AM

    External hard drives get trendy, with the fashion touch of famed French designer Philippe Starck.

  • Seagate Barracuda XT

    25 Sep 2009 2:57 PM

    The Barracuda XT is a 7200rpm 3.5-inch desktop drive featuring 2TB of storage capacity and a fast Serial ATA (SATA) 6Gb/second interface.

  • Netgear Stora NAS

    23 Sep 2009 12:38 PM

    Netgear is having a crack at making an easy-to-use network attached storage (NAS) device for home photos, music and movie files.

  • 7.9

    HP SimpleSave Portable 320GB

    26 Aug 2009 2:34 PM

    HP's SimpleSave portable drive does make backups simple, as long as your file names aren't too long.

  • 10

    Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000

    07 Aug 2009 2:21 PM

    Hitachi's 3.5-inch Deskstar 7K2000 is a 2TB, 7200rpm hard disk drive aimed at power users and gamers.

  • 7.5 8

    Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440

    06 Aug 2009 4:46 PM

    Although Seagate BlackArmor is difficult to use for networking novices, it is a good choice for small business and advanced users.

  • 5.5

    Promise SmartStor NS4600

    20 Jul 2009 2:57 PM

    The SmartStor NS4600 ticks the required feature boxes for being a NAS, but is in dire need of an interface overhaul and some features simply don't work.

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