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Seagate One Touch, 5TB, Portable External Hard Drive, PC Notebook & Mac USB 3.0, Black, 1 year MylioCreate, 4 mo Adobe Creative Cloud Photography, 2 year Rescue Services (STKC5000400)

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The irony here is that competitors are likely to use the same Seagate 5TB internal hard drive. The LaCie Porsche Design 5TB USB-C Mobile Hard Drive is far more expensive and doesn’t come with the Mylio Create software bundle. However, it has a more attractive finish and a Type-C connector. LaCie is a Seagate brand. Ironically, the barebones 5TB drive is up to 50% more expensive than the external model, despite having fewer materials (no cable, chassis or electronics); the laws of supply and demand at work.

One Touch HDD User Manual - Getting Started | Seagate US One Touch HDD User Manual - Getting Started | Seagate US

For those looking for the highest volumetric capacity around without breaking the bank, you simply can’t go wrong with a 5TB portable drive. What I wrote four years ago is still valid; large-capacity portable hard drives have reached a plateau. There’s not much hardware improvement that can be made as there is little to no incentive to invest in R&D. New technologies like HAMR or Helium are reserved for more lucrative markets like data centers where the need for smaller 2.5-inch hard disk drives is non-existent. Performance Large capacity portable hard drives have reached a plateau. There’s not much hardware improvement that can be made as there is little to no incentive to invest in R&D. New technologies like HAMR or Helium are reserved for more lucrative markets like data centers where the need for smaller 2.5-inch hard disk drives is, well, non-existent.

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