What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
It is more affordable than the seagate game drive that is marketed for xbox. Still, ssds aren't anywhere near this capacity. I sync 10tb of my drive to my idrive cloud account which actually is 10 tb usable capacity.
Cons
Used to love seagate drives. Lowered my trust in seagate though, so didn't bother trying a second one. And today i heard it start to crackle, i mean literally start to burn.
The drive is ridiculously slow (~20mb write), which is far less than any of my many external/portable drives. The data recovery that they offer as a service is also useless because apparently my first drive was unrecoverable for some reason. Not too h... Read More
Turned off computer, unplugged drive. It completely boggles my mind that they would have a cord with it that would not have enough power outage to operate their own device. If i'm using it while traveling then i have to stay very still or it will disc... Read More
Hd is dead after a year. Not more warranty with seagate. Looks like quality has gone downhill.
Highlights
Quality
I like the extremely easy to use and the storage size of the product
Love the product and used it for filmaking project storage
Competitiveness
While there are less expensive options the ability to trust a device comes with a slightly higher cost.
Super easy to use and compatible with mac products.
Overview
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- This product had a total of 226,059 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 8 2023.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The console itself comes with a whopping 1 tb ssd but my external hdd only had 3 tb of useable storage
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I do not mean the expansion storage card for the series xs by the way
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Although i pray in time that the seagate expansion card will diminish in cost because right now it is obscenely expensive
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I would have kept it if my r4 was legit from aliexpress
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Only a small issue at first use it has its own icon but upon later uses i noticed that its icon has been replaced with a generic icon
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I was looking for a reliable solution to store large volumes of astronomical files and video captures
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
You have to re format it as soon as you get it in order to actually put files on the hard drive
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
So make sure you do that first
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