Chunkier than most rivals, and slower in file transfer tests (by a small margin), it's subtle, glossy surface makes it an executive-friendly unit

Storage prices are falling through the floor and capacities are reaching right up into the infinite. Well, not quite, but with a 300GB external 2.5-inch drive your on-the-road storage needs are pretty much catered for.

As laptops have become the best sellers of the PC market, one of their most obvious and irritating limitations has been a lack of storage. If you thought desktop drives were slow, then the sub-7200RPM 2.5in mobile drives are in a league of their own