Toshiba intros line of portable hard drives

by Donald Melanson, posted Apr 16th 2007 at 11:17AM

While Toshiba's certainly no stranger to hard drives, the company hasn't exactly been quick to jump on the crowded portable storage bandwagon. It now looks to be doing its best to make up for lost time, however, introducing a new line of external USB hard drives boasting capacities all the way up to 200GB -- apparently a first at the 2.5-inch form factor. Descriptively dubbed the Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive, the drives also appear to be at least somewhat ruggedized, with a "special patent-pending" shock mount system and a "scratch-resistant" housing. Look for the drive to roll out in 100, 120, 160, and 200GB varieties this week, with 'em running $130, $150, $180, and $230, respectively.

[Via AP/Yahoo News]

Filed under: Storage

Tags: hard drive, HardDrive, portable hard drive, PortableHardDrive, toshiba, usb hard drive, UsbHardDrive

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logicdev @ Apr 16th 2007 12:28PM

Overpriced.

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elf @ Apr 16th 2007 1:26PM

too much by about $20

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B @ Apr 16th 2007 1:53PM

Why would anyone pay that much for a 200GB usb drive? If it was the size of a credit card, I could see that happening, but it isn't that much smaller than the affordable ones. A quick look on Pricewatch and found a 200GB adaptec w/western digital drive, usb 2.0, for $65.

Looking again, the 100GB, 120GB, and 160GB all cost $65. Toshiba should stick to what they do best... laptops... lol

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wfbnadador @ Apr 16th 2007 3:39PM

plus, what you're specking is a 3.5 inch, good luck powering that one without an adapter

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Bobby @ Apr 16th 2007 3:11PM

Actually, Toshiba does notebook size hard drives very well. Have been doing so for many years.

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ubercool @ Apr 16th 2007 10:17PM

Oh you guys are such cheapskates! You blow $20 on a peep show yet you complain about a sexy-looking drive that comes with free native-file mirroring software. :)

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TWLreal @ Apr 16th 2007 10:33PM

"boasting capacities all the way up to 200GB -- apparently a first at the 2.5-inch form factor."

Didn't Samsung make a 200 GB 7200 RPM 2.5" drive first?

http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/11/samsungs-spinpoint-m1-laptop-drive-200gb-at-7200rpm-a-world/

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diqs @ Apr 18th 2007 8:55PM

been in-stock @ amazon for a while now

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