The Iomega External Hard Drive
The Iomega external hard drive, for both Windows and Mac, offers many features.
This company goes back a long ways with external storage devices, and they now offer not just the Iomega external hard drive but a wide variety of storage options. This report will stick with the portable external drives.
They have several product lines of external hard drives, with most if not all of their drives coming in a selection of storage sizes.
One such line is called the eGo. Amusing name.
For example, the Iomega 34323 USB 2.0 eGo Rugged Portable Hard Drive
comes in 250gb, 320gb, and 500gb. For colors, you have your choice of black, red, silver, and brown. These computers have Drop Guard™ which is said to protect your drive if dropped more than four feet. The solid steel case is part of the protection.
Other eGo drives are the Helium, the Leather, and more, each with slightly different features. Hot plug-and-play is on most if not all of them, an excellent time saver.
For the maximum security for your business data, the Iomega eGo Encrypt Portable Hard Drive for the PC is protected against accidental drops of up to seven feet, plus it contains hardware-based encryption which comes with a management utility. It’s password protected and locks automatically when the USB cable is unplugged. Like many of the other Iomega external hard drives, it doesn’t need its own power supply.
All of their external drives are quite stylish in appearance and many are targeted for professionals using Macs for photography, video, and music. This means that Iomega strives for reliability and top performance. Judging by the reviews I read, most people feel that they succeeded.
IOmega offers the Prestige portable hard drive in at least two models. The smaller one weighs less than half a pound and fits in a shirt pocket. It is designed for rugged use, including backpacking. It runs on Mac OS X and on Windows from XP on. Surprisingly for a unit capable of holding 640gb of data, it requires no external power supply.
My business has had an Iomega external hard drive for several years now. It has been completely reliable.
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