Established in the 1980s, the Iomega company is a producer of consumer external, portable and networking storage hardware. Till date it has sold more than 400 million digital storage drives and disks. This article will give you an idea about the features of some of the portable external hard drives that are manufactured by Iomega.

The Iomega UltraMax Plus Hard Drive has an external FireWire hard disk, an external USB hard disk and an external eSATA hard disk. Over all it has a capacity of 1000 GB, thus providing a high capacity storage facility to your computer. The HFS+ formatted external hard drive includes RAID 0 that is meant to provide higher data throughput and RAID 1 to provide data security. In addition, an expanded storage facility is provided by the three port USB hub and the FireWire ports. It can be connected to any computer that is equipped with FireWire800 or Hi-Speed USB 2.0. The dimensions of UltraMax Plus are 200 x 128 x 79 mm and the overall weight is 2700g.

Another product of this category is the Iomega Prestige that has a sturdy aluminium construction. It has a stylish dark silver finish and is ideal for home and office usage. It is a high-capacity travel companion owing to the 500 GB memory and the simple USB 2.0 interface. The eGo portable hard drive from Iomega is provided with a stylish design and is also perfect for travel environments. It can withstand a fall from up to 130 cm due to the Drop Guard feature included in its design. There is an extra FireWire port provided in this portable hard drive that gives you the expansion facility.

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WD, the company which is known for its world class digital information management products has enhanced the My Passport Studio portable drive by adding a high speed FireWire 800 interface.

This will offer Mac enthusiasts, and creative professionals, data processing and effective data management at blazing speed. The FireWire 800 port makes this device a perfect peripheral for the Apple MacBook Pro computer. Drives having this new interface along with the USB connectivity have a massive storage capacity of 500 GB and are specially designed for Mac computers.

Jim Welsh, senior vice president and general manager of WD’s Branded Products and Consumer Electronics Groups said, “Photographers and videographers, be they creative pros or Mac computer enthusiasts, have a genuine need for large amounts of fast, portable storage for their high-definition files. With a new FireWire 800 interface, My Passport Studio speeds up editing and transferring of big media files making it perfect for performance-minded Mac computer users on the go.”

To make the device more stylish and useful, an illuminated capacity gauge is also imparted to indicate the available storage space on the drive. The FireWire interface has boost up the performance of the drive without sacrificing its portability.