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Seagate 5GB Pocket Drive

February 21st, 2005 | by Dan Gaul

Conclusion

Affordable, small, convenient, stylish, functional.  All of these are great descriptions for Seagate's Pocket External 5GB Hard Drive.  With its small form factor you can take it with you anywhere easily and comfortably.  It's convenient to not have to lug around a heavier and larger solution.  It's silver and black housing is stylish, and the blue light will attract peoples attention.  The Pocket Hard Drive is extremely functional as well.  5 GB is a perfect amount of size for taking data on the road.  It can easily hold work documents, but can also hold a good amount of photos and media.  Plus, the added benefits like the ability to create a secure, password protected partition or being able to use it as a boot disk provide numerous ways to use the Pocket Hard drive in a affective manner.  For the price range, currently between $115 and $160, you can't beat the amount of storage you get.  Comparable 4GB Flash drives can cost as much as $200 and most likely will not come with a great supporting software application. The Seagate Pocket Hard Drive definitely lives up to the hype it deserves.