Buffalo MiniStation Plus 1TB Portable USB 3.0 External Hard Drive $59.99 ~ Staples

Quote from vhunter : how does this compare to the 1TB Toshiba canvio basics at bestbuy for $60?

Read the canvio reviews. I was going to buy one until I did. I think I looked it up on Newegg to see the reveiws.

Back in stock again. After reading the reviews for the Toshiba having problems with the USB connection, I am grabbing this one and cancelling the Bestbuy one.

I have an older Canvio 320GB USB 2.0 drive and it has been great for over 1 1/2 years now. Too bad their quality has dropped with the newer models.

I've never heard of Buffalo. Is this a good brand?

I saw someone post a question asking if it has the 5400 or 7200 RPM drive inside the case- I just wanted to say that it may vary, just because one person got a 5200 RPM drive does not mean another person will get a 5200 RPM drive unless it specifically says on the box. (thats just what I noticed in my experience)

For example when staples had the black friday sale and they sold the 500 gb seagate external drives, some of them were the 7200 rpm drives (if the SN started with NA51) and some were the 5400 rpm drives (if the SN started with NA52).

They manufactured them drives originally with the 7200 rpm installed but must have ran out because in July or August they stopped using th 7200 rpm drives and switched to the 5400 rpm drives. Thats why the ones with the later serial number have the slower drives in them.

Quote from irish713 : I've never heard of Buffalo. Is this a good brand?

According to Appleonius, a user review on amazon.com says the internal drives are Seagate or Samsung branded. They are both great manufactures. Also seagate recently purchased samsungs hard drive division so they essentially are now the same company.

Received mine today. Quite a jump in performance.

Atto Benchmark
USB 2.0: 37MB/s read, 34MB/s write
USB 3.0: 116MB/s read, 114MB/s write.

So over 3x faster just by changing the interface.

Another nice feature, if you connect it to a USB 2.0 port, the LED is yellow. If it's a USB 3.0 port, the LED is blue.

Quote from flipmarc : In for 2. Thanks!

My drives came in today Fast free shipping FTW!!!

Quote from irish713 : I've never heard of Buffalo. Is this a good brand?

It's been around for years. Haven't read any bad things about it

it's out of stock again =(

Quote from eibgrad : Received mine today. Quite a jump in performance. Atto Benchmark USB 2.0: 37MB/s read, 34MB/s write USB 3.0: 116MB/s read, 114MB/s write. So over 3x faster just by changing the interface. Another nice feature, if you connect it to a USB 2.0 port, the LED is yellow. If it's a USB 3.0 port, the LED is blue.

Just got mine too! Shipping is really fast (and free)...

I think it's more like Green LED when it's connected to USB2 (and Blue with USB3 like you said)

Glad I jumped on the deal!

Back in stock! However, the $15 off $100 coupon has expired.

Quote from darkspark : Just got mine too! Shipping is really fast (and free)... I think it's more like Green LED when it's connected to USB2 (and Blue with USB3 like you said) Glad I jumped on the deal!

Ask any NY cabbie, green or yellow, they're both the same.

Quote from eibgrad : Ask any NY cabbie, green or yellow, they're both the same.

lol. touche.

Quote from kq702 : I saw someone post a question asking if it has the 5400 or 7200 RPM drive inside the case- I just wanted to say that it may vary, just because one person got a 5200 RPM drive does not mean another person will get a 5200 RPM drive unless it specifically says on the box. (thats just what I noticed in my experience) For example when staples had the black friday sale and they sold the 500 gb seagate external drives, some of them were the 7200 rpm drives (if the SN started with NA51) and some were the 5400 rpm drives (if the SN started with NA52). They manufactured them drives originally with the 7200 rpm installed but must have ran out because in July or August they stopped using th 7200 rpm drives and switched to the 5400 rpm drives. Thats why the ones with the later serial number have the slower drives in them.

So When I pickup my two drives from the local store this week, how do you think I can tell if they have 7200RPM drives without opening them up. Just looking at the SNs as you have stated or is there any other indication?

For Folks wondering - This one has the Seagate Drive inside. It is 5400RPM, 8MB and Slow. It is also used on the Seagate 1TB External. Not worth it unless you want to just keep it as an external Drive.

SAMSUNG Spinpoint M8 ST1000LM024 1TB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive

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