New 500GB Pocket External HDD From Plextor

Plextor is again boosting its range of personal storage products with the launch of the new 500GB pocket hard disk – Plextor PX-PH500US. Small enough to fit in your pocket, it not only looks stylish in a brushed aluminium case, but using the eSATA interface offers blistering transfer rates of up to 3Gbps.

Ideal for enthusiast users with modern cases and motherboards, the ultra-fast eSATA interface offers speed comparable to a state-of-the-art internal hard drive – yet in a highly compact and portable design.

Plextor high reliability, premium quality HDDs offer excellent value for money. Building on the existing family of drives with 120, 160, 250 and 320GB capacities, the Plextor PX-PH500US comes with a huge 500GB capacity. It has dual USB2.0/eSATA interfaces (including eSATA cable) and is also Mac and PC compatible.  

Rudy De Meirsman, Sales & Marketing Manager at Plextor, says: “As easy to transport as a mobile phone, Plextor’s modern pocket hard drives set the standard for convenience – yet offer disk speeds comparable to internal units. This popular design offers ease of use for novices, high reliability for enthusiasts and are robust enough for business users and even students – all housed in a cool, contemporary brushed aluminium chassis.”

Perfect for all types of media including video, music, photos and office files, the drive offers a practical data capacity for everyday use and its compact size (only 17mm thick and 190g in weight) means you can easily slip it into your pocket, briefcase or handbag. Included is a handy carrying pouch for extra protection.

In addition to fast eSATA and USB2.0 transfer speeds and convenient bus-powered operation (for USB), Plextor has manufactured the unit to maximise data security. It comes pre-loaded with Plextor’s specially developed version of PlexTools software for hard disks – PlexTools Professional HDD. An important feature of this utility is password protection, to keep all personal and business data safe and secure from prying eyes.

The PX-PH500US will be available from mid of May 2008 from the network of Plextor dealers.

It is covered by Plextor’s Fast Warranty Service (2-year warranty in the EU, Norway and Switzerland (Collect & Return); 1 year in other countries). This market-leading service guarantees to have a fully operational hard disk back to the customer within five working days – free of charge.

Specifications and System Requirements

• Model Name: PX-PH500US – 500GB
• OS: Windows 2000/XP and MacOS
• Dimensions: 81 W x 130 D x 17 H mm
• Weight: 190g approx
• Interface: eSATA, USB2.0, 1.1
• Transfer rate: eSATA Max 3Gbps, USB 2.0 Max 480Mbps, USB 1.1 Max 12Mbps
• RPM: 5400 with 8 MB Buffer

Extras

• Bus powered (USB), eSATA requires separate power connection (e.g. USB cable / power adapter 5V DC-IN – not included in retail package)
• Average Seek time: 12ms
• RoHS compliant

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