12 Most Wicked Looking External Hard Drives Available In the Market
A few weeks ago I bought an external hard drive and my first preference was the best ratio between outlook and performance because external hard drives lay out on your desk and gets the maximum exposure around your working space.
Today I am going to mention all the external hard drives I found during my HD hunt. If you are looking to buy a good looking external hard drive then this post will help you to make a good decision and you don’t need to search any more for a perfect suitable external storage device for yourself because I am pretty sure you are going to find one from my ’12 most good looking external hard drives’ collection.
For the curious ones: which hard drive did I buy from the following collection? I bought ‘Western Digital My Book Studio Edition’ because the features it offers suits me best and I love the way it looks.
1. Hitachi [re]Drive
- Energy-efficient external hard drive uses less power
- Eco-friendly ingredients and packaging
- Automatically powers on or off with your computer
- Simple plug n play add-on storage
- Turbo USB 2.0* interface, up to 25% faster than USB 2.0
- Also compatible with USB 2.0, 1.1
- Award-winning Fabrik backup software, including 2GB free online backup
- Friendly, free unlimited technical support
- PC and Mac compatible
2. Transcend StoreJet 35 U
- Works with all 3.5″ SATA hard drives
- Two connection options: eSATA or USB2.0
- eSATA for maximum performance up to 3.0Gb/s
- USB2.0 interface assures universal compatibility
- Silent 80mm cooling fan reduces risk of HDD failure
- External power adapter and eSATA cable included
- Includes StoreJet?elite backup software
- Hot-swappable / Plug and Play
- Stylish aluminum housing
- Anti-slip vertical stand
- LED indicator light
3. iOmega eGo™ Midnight Blue
- Rugged-Perfect for travel environments, the Drop GuardTM feature protects the drive when dropped up to 51″ (40% above the industry average!)
- Small and stylish solid aluminum enclosure
- Preformatted and hot plug-and-play
- No AC adapter needed
- Compatible with PC and Mac®
- USB 2.0/1.1 compatible
- Transfer rate: 480 Mbits/s
4. Western Digital My Book Studio Edition
- Plug and play
- Automatic backup
- USB 2.0 compatibility
- FireWire 400 and 800 compatibility
- eSATA 3 Gb/s compatibility
- Formatted for Macintosh
- Compact book like design
- Capacity gauge
- Environmentally friendly
- SmartPower™ features
- Designed to keep the drive inside cool
5. Maxtor One Touch 4 Plus
- Automated OneTouch™ Backup
- USB 2.0 or FireWire 400 interface
- 1TB Capacity
- 7200RPM, 16MB Cache Buffer
- Maxtor SafetyDrill™
- Sync Your Files
- Easy-to-Use Interface
- Maxtor DrivePass™ and Encryption
- Simple Setup
6. Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable HD
- USB powered for portability
- Small size saves desktop space
- Plug and play, ready to go out of the box
- Easy to use Windows and Mac software
- Internal shock sensor and ramp loading technology to help protect your drive
- Simple solution for backup or increasing computer storage
7. Seagate FreeAgent Go
- Available in 250GB, 320GB, or 500GB capacity
- The thinnest portable drive available. Even the cables are compact
- Ten different colors to suit your style and let you tell one FreeAgent™ Go from the next
- Automatic backup for peace of mind
- Encryption technology keeps your files safe
- Easy synchronization means you always have the most current version with you
- Access your files without fumbling for cables
- Preloaded software means easy setup
8. Verbatim USB Portable Hard Drive
- Bus powered – no AC adapter or power cords required
- Includes easy-to-use backup software
- Increase the storage capacity of your laptop or desktop PC
- Transfer files between office and home
- Store and take music, photos, and video anywhere
9. Acomdata PureDrive
- Hi-Speed USB 2.0
- eSATA
- On-Off Switch
- Mac & Pc ready
- Security lock slot
- Near-Silent Operation
- Vertical & Horizontal Placement
- Stackable
10. Cavalry Cauc Series
- 3.5″ hard disk drive
- One touch backup
- OS backup function
- USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 compatible) interface
- Plug & Play for Windows 2000 and newer (Pre-formatted to NTFS)
- Transfer rate of 480Mbps (USB 2.0)
- Hard drive activity LED
- Aluminum case
11. Acomdata Enigma Ruggedized Mobile Drive
- Fingerprint biometric access
- Password Protect
- Military-grade AES-128 encryption
- Hi-Speed USB 2.0
- Pc ready
- Bus-powered operation
- Plug and Play
12. Seagate FreeAgent Desk
- Available in 500GB, 640GB, 1TB, 1.5 TB and 2TB
- Sleek, modern, brushed metal design
- Lay it flat or on its side, you choose
- Automatic backup software makes it easy
- Software encryption keeps sensitive files and folders private
- Easy to sync between FreeAgent Desk and other drives
- Fast data transfer with USB 2.0 interface
The StoreJet is butt-ugly! The ioSafe Solo (http://www.iosafe.com/3) looks much better and has some additional benefits (namely, that it’s water and fire resistant).
Wow, that is like WAY cool dude
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Keep in mind. Looks are great, but to me longevity outweigh the looks. I always go with a coolermaster external enclosure and just put an internal drive in them….
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I also like the Seagates! Grats on Digg
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Brett! dude the ioSafe drive is the bomb! or rather it’s “bomb proof” !! check out the crazy video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOiBzCgAPfE
They burn the SH$%#T out of it – chuck it in a swimming pool and then recover the data!!!!! LOL that’s crazy.
Quaker Dude – Have you got your hands on one yet? I was hunting for an external hard drive to backup my pictures, saw the video, had to have one, got one and love it! I must say, I was very tempted to launch it off the roof of my house to see how it’d hold out…but bailed out at the last minute (the peeps next door musta’ thought I had lost my mind!). :-p
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