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A friendly suite for the less-experienced user, but technical types may find it limiting.

A great desktop drive but you can get this capacity and similar performance for less

We were unconvinced by the orange and brown livery of Seagate’s towering desktop drive, but for the miniature version the company has toned things down. It’s still brown, but the orange glow is restricted to the front of the unit and its simple low-profile shape is far easier to like.

Several manufacturers this month have sought to distinguish their products through design. None, however, has gone so far as Seagate to challenge our expectations of an external hard disk.

A clever, convenient little drive that you can carry around with you in your pocket.

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A solid, assured drive with plenty of interfaces and enough style to justify the price.