Seagate FreeAgent Go 500GB External Hard Drive Review
Conclusion
The Seagate FreeAgent Go makes storing all types of data a breeze. The drive is compact and quick and lends itself to easy portability with access to all your necessary files. It makes everything a snap with simple plug and play support like a USB drive and the storage space totally blows any flash drive out of the proverbial water.
Small, lightweight and ultra portable with its sleek and fashionable design, the FreeAgent Go boasts very consistent speeds, all rolled into a package that requires no external power. The drive runs cool and only reached a maximum of 39°C during heavy testing.
Preloaded drive management software that is robust and fully functional and movie making software makes this a great deal as well. Now for those that missed any of these points, here are the pros and cons in list form.
Pros:
- Small
- Lightweight
- Ultra portable
- Sleek, fashionable design
- Very consistent speed
- USB powered (no external power needed)
- Runs cool (may get slightly warm but not overly so)
- Many colours to choose from
- Preloaded drive management software
- Preloaded “muvee”-making software
Cons:
- USB cable is too short
- Does not natively support both Mac and PC
- Speed is not top notch but is still above average
A full recommendation is in order here and it is also this editor’s choice for saving and/or backing up data (mainly my movie collection).
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Personally I prefer to roll my own external drives. I always think it is a rip off that products like this one do not include an e-sata port on them, like my Vantec NexStar CX housing does and it wasn’t an expensive housing either.
To be fair to Seagate, they are hardly the only vendor of pre-built external drives that don’t include e-sata, but that is still no excuse when you consider the profits over the bare drives these external products rake in for the vendors.
Well I would imaging that some of the products of this type would support e-SATA but that is where it comes down to you, the consumer. Either shop around for what you really want or you make do with an option that fits your pocket.
I also had an enclosure that had both USB and e-SATA support but for some really strange reason, I have never been able to get my e-SATA working. Weird!
What I’m really waiting for is for Seagate to move the industry to total solid state drives.
hi, great blog post. will come back later.