Iomega announced Monday the worldwide availability of its new generation of eGo portable hard drives The Iomega eGo portable hard drive sports a stylish look and compact size. It’s currently offered in just one capacity–160GB–but it’s available in two colors, red and silver. The look and feel of this drive is impressive.
The anodized-aluminum-and-polished-steel case resembles a flask and we find ourselves wanting to handle it constantly. But looks aren’t everything; performance is important too. Happily, this drive performs as well as it looks. If you’re looking for a stylish, flashy drive with fast read/write speeds, this $130 drive is a great choice.
| Drive type | Portable, external |
| Connector options | USB 2.0 |
| Available capacities | 160GB |
| Drive speed | 5,400RPM |
| Cache | 8MB |
| Dimensions (LWH) | 5.25 x 3.5 x 0.75 inches |
| Notable design features | None |
| OSes supported | Windows 2000 Pro, XP Home, XP Pro, Vista; Mac OS X 10.1.5 or higher |
| Software included | EMC Retrospect (for PC only) |
| Service and support | One-year limited warranty; pay-per-incident phone support ($25): weekdays, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET; Iomega site includes live one-on-one Web chat, forums, FAQs, software downloads, product documentation, and how-to videos. |
The Iomega eGo was one of the fastest portable hard drives tested over USB. It wrote a 10GB folder of mixed file types in 9 minutes, 54 seconds. The Seagate FreeAgent Go wrote the same folder in 10 minutes, 33 seconds. The Iomega eGo read back that same folder to the testbed drive in 8 minutes, 11 seconds; the FreeAgent Go took just a few more seconds to do the job.Prices vary depending on the capacity. The drives start at $85 for a 250GB version, and the 500GB BlackBelt model is $149.
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