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Seagate Maxtor ONE-TOUCH IV Plus

71

Good
  • Pros
  • Ultramodern design
  • Cons
  • Intended to stand vertically
  • Pricing: Very Inexpensive: $149 (10/7/2008)
  • Performance: Poor: 56
  • Features: Poor: 55
  • Design: Very Good: 82
Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Very Inexpensive: $149
Cost per Gigabyte - $0.3

Performance

Poor: 56
PC World Tests (seconds)
Interface Tested USB 2.0 
Primary Volume - Virus Scan 198.42 
Primary Volume - Windows File Search 107.44 
External Read - Files and Folders 119.56 
External Read - Large File 103.64 
External Write - Files and Folders 135.29 
External Write - Large File 121.81 

Features

Poor: 55
Basics
Drive size (GB) 500GB 
Supported Interface(s) USB 2.0, FireWire 400 
Speed (RPM) 7200 
Buffer Size (MB) 16 
Other
Installation Kit Hardware USB cable, FireWire cable 
Bundled Software Maxtor Manager (includes BackUp, Sync, and Encryption) 
Support & Reliability
Labor Warranty (years) Five 
Parts Warranty (years) Five 
Weekday Support Hours 14 
Saturday Support Hours 8 
Sunday Support Hours 8 
Toll-Free Support Yes 

Design

Very Good: 82
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