Iomega Launches New Mac Hard Drives

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Jeff Gamet

2:00 PM, Dec. 19th ET, 2006

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Iomega announced the immediate availability of two new external hard drives for Mac users on Wednesday. The UltraMax Desktop Drive and the Black Portable Hard Drive both come pre-formatted as HFS+ for the Mac instead of using a Microsoft Windows formatting scheme, and include Retrospect Express backup software.

The prd_id=42903457&FOLDER;<>folder_id=41385861&ASSORTMENT;<>ast_id=26890319&bmUID=1166620664737">UltraMax Desktop Drive uses two 7200RPM 500GB SATA hard drives to offer 1TB of storage in a RAID 0 configuration, supports RAID 1, and includes a switch to disable the RAID configurations and use JBOD instead. It connects to your Mac via FireWire 800, FireWire 400, or USB 2.0, includes a built-in USB hub, and comes with cables for each interface. The UltraMax is priced at US$499.95.

The prd_id=42903465&FOLDER;<>folder_id=43909351&ASSORTMENT;<>ast_id=26890319&bmUID=1166621611846">Black Portable Hard Drive includes a 2.5-inch 120GB 5400RPM drive, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 ports, Drop Shock drive mechanism protection, and is bus powered. It is priced at $189.95.

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