You then can conveniently move the hard-drive part around and leave the adapters attached to their respective computers at all times.Īnother great thing about this design is the fact that these adapters can also be used with any internal 2.5-inch SATA hard drives, even those not made by Seagate.
For example, you can use a USB 3.0 adapter with one computer and a FireWire adapter with another. Or you can use just one drive with multiple adapters, which is an ideal scenario for an environment with multiple computers that have different types of peripheral connections.
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We really love the innovative, flexible design it means you can use the hard drives and the adapters interchangeably when you have multiple GoFlex portable drives in the house. However, if you bought eSATA or FireWire adapters to use with the previous GoFlex Pro drives, you can use them with the GoFlex Ultra, too. However, as USB 3.0 currently is the fastest peripheral connection for external hard drives and is backward compatible with USB 2.0, it's unlikely that you'll need to buy other adapters. With this flexible design, the drive can support connection types other than USB 3.0 simply by using other adapters, though these, unfortunately, cost extra. The drive comes with just one mini-USB 3.0 cable, which serves both as a data and power cable. These two parts can be snapped onto each other and fit tightly to form the GoFlex external hard drive. The adapter part has a male SATA connector and a mini-USB 3.0 port. On one side, the drive's housing has a small opening to reveal the internal hard drive's standard SATA female connector. The hard drive is basically just a 2.5-inch internal hard drive housed in a plastic chassis. Like all drives in the GoFlex family, the Ultra comes in two parts: the hard drive and the adapter.
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Even though GoFlex Pro also supports USB 3.0, it comes with USB 2.0, and you'll need to pay another $40 or so to upgrade it to USB 3.0. And second, out of the box, the Ultra includes a USB 3.0 adapter. First, it comes with 1.5TB of storage, while the GoFlex Pro has just 1TB. On the inside, however, it has two major improvements. The GoFlex Ultra comes in the exact same physical shape, size, and color as the GoFlex Pro.