
Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive Mac Edition 500GB review
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A speedy drive that offers value for money if speed is more important that capacity
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A speedy drive that offers value for money if speed is more important that capacity

Not just your average box full of bytes

Can the eGo stand out from the crowd?

Styled to match the last-gen Mac mini

Take your data on the road in style with this MacBook Air-inspired hard disk

Housing a standard 2.5-inch hard drive, the casing of the Iomega eGo has been designed to look like a rather stylish hip flask.

You could almost hear storage manufacturers collectively rub their hands with glee when we all found out that Leopard requires external storage to run its backup utility Time Machine. Primely placed to take advantage of this and other blossoming storage needs on a Mac is Iomega, which now has a range of Mac-friendly drives for you to choose from.

Here’s an external hard drive with a difference – the Screenplay Pro has got a built-in media player.

With superlatives such as “ultra”, “max” and “pro” all vying for space in its name, it’s little surprise that this Iomega is expensive, and with good reason.

The smart alloy case of this Iomega drive is noticeably bigger and heavier than most of the competition, and with good reason, too. It includes not one but two separate hard drives, along with a reasonably quiet cooling fan to keep the heat down to manageable levels.

We Mac mini owners are well served when it comes to peripherals designed to perfectly stack under our beloved little Macs. In the past couple of months, we've seen the new Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station, and now this

Perhaps not quite as pretty a product as we've come to expect from Iomega, the new triple interface 250GB external hard drive is a very capable performer. The casing will appeal to some people, but it's rather boxy

The Zip drive may have made the company famous, but Iomega's long-standing reputation for innovative storage technologies would have faltered long ago if it hadn't evolved to deliver modern solutions at a price users could easily afford

There are times when you'll need a professional backup storage solution, such as archiving company accounts and data, but what should you choose if you're looking for reliable, convenient and affordable backup?

One ill-placed knock to your hard disk and you could see your precious backups scattered to the wind. With this storage system, Iomega seems pretty dedicated to helping you avoid finding yourself in such an unfortunate position...