Blog of Norman Ralph

I recently purchased a Seagate external hard drive as I was looking to extend my storage capacity but allowing me to maintain a degree of mobility and hopefully allow shared storage when I get round to buying a laptop. I went for the 320GB version as it was on offer at eBuyer and also they have a good reputation and a decent warranty. The customer reviews were also pretty useful.

Having now used it for a week I can agree. It is virtually silent for all but the most strenuous search tasks and even then it’s not exactly a rock concert! The search time is pretty quick too, not found any difference between it and my internal hard drives. It looks pretty smart too, is small enough to hide away on my desk without cluttering it up.

I have yet to test the mobility and ease of use on other machines, but that will come soon enough I think. My only real bone is the location of the cables. From the design there really wasn’t much choice, but it basically means that the cables are on show. Fine if you are not like me and have a certain amount of OCD about stuff like that, I guess.

I would recommend one, especially at the offer price of around fifty quid including postage and VAT. I got an extra bargain as Google Checkout were offering a further £10 off if I used thier checkout service! So £40 cannot be sniffed at!