Eschborn, 11th April 2008 – Verbatim, the storage media specialist, is continuing its product offensive with high-quality External Hard Drives. The new HD drives in 3.5-inch format offer storage capacities of 500GB, 750GB and 1TB with USB or USB/FireWire combo interfaces, and weigh less than one kilogram in total. With their elegant, black design and unusual front panel, they also cut a fine figure at any workstation. Verbatim’s new 3.5” HD drives are available from specialist retailers in April.
The External HD drives from Verbatim in 3.5” format are the perfect choice for users who want to store large volumes of data reliably and yet at the same time remain mobile. “Verbatim has the ideal background in terms of product quality and expertise in the External Hard Drive sector. With our new models, we are also unveiling an innovative design with a striking front panel and we’ve cut the weight of the hard drives to a meagre 961 grams – just under half the weight of the previous model,” says Kai Miroschnik, Business Development Manager Multi Media & Peripherals Verbatim EUMEA.
The external 3.5” Hard Drives now make backing up data from laptops or PCs particularly simple for users: with handy plug & play functionality, they are ready to go instantly without any need for installation. As well as the model with USB connection, the 3.5” HD drives are also available with two additional FireWire 400 connections as a combo drive. Thanks to an internal high-speed SATA hard drive offering 5,400 rpm and data transfer rates of 480 Mbyte/s, Verbatim’s new hard drives are particularly strong performers, storing even large volumes of data reliably.
Another benefit is the fact that the HD drives that store up to 1 Terabye do not need special fans, since they obtain adequate cooling through ventilation slits in the casing. The hard drives are accordingly quiet in permanent operation. The External HD drives have a convenient on/off switch on the back side with LED lights and can be placed conveniently and with a small footprint on any desk.
The free support hotline offers users further back-up when using Verbatim products. The “Nero BackItUp 2 Essentials” data back-up software also delivers professional-standard data back-up with a raft of customisable settings, and is available in 26 languages. Users can thus protect their data against loss quickly and reliably.
“With this new HDD product portfolio, we are offering our customers exceptional product quality and fair prices. We are thus continuing Verbatim’s quality and security in this product sector too, comprehensively covering all the key product groups from the digital data storage sector," says Miroschnik.
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Performance features of Verbatim External Hard Drives
3.5” Hard Drive
- Model / capacity: USB 2.0 with 500GB, 750GB and 1TB
USB 2.0 & FireWire 400 with 500GB and 750GB
- Dimensions (W x H x D): 202 x 114 x 40mm
- Weight: 961 g
- Power supply: External power pack
- Interface: USB 2.0 and/or FireWire 400
- Speed: 5,400 rpm
- Buffer size / cache: At least 8 MB
- Software: Nero BackItUp 2 Essentials in 26 languages
- Hotline: Free telephone hotline and e-mail support
- Warranty/support: 2 years
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