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Solid-state storage may be sexy, but if you're looking for huge capacity and tiny prices, then the classic hard disk remains unbeaten. Available capacities of portable drives with laptop-style disks inside now extends up to a whopping 4000GB, more commonl...
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Seagate remains one of the biggest names in storage and even with the rise of cloud storage, there's still call for a reliable portable hard drive . Here's our Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB review. See all storage reviews . As with many hard drives, the B...
The Seagate Backup Plus Slim is a well-rounded portable hard drive which offers good value for money, design and speed. PC and Mac compatibility out-of-the-box is a decent feature and the Seagate Dashboard software is easy to use offering PC, mobile and s...
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Featuring a sleek design and large storage space – with the promise of useful and user-friendly software too – I take a look at the Seagate 2TB Backup Plus Slim Portable Drive and assess if it is worth buying.FeaturesPage : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8Pages: Next >Pag...
Small and light while feeling sturdy, Sleek and clean design, Seagate Dashboard is a useful piece of software, Fast read/write speeds...
USB 3.0 cable could be longer for desktop users.
On the whole, it is safe to say I am very impressed with the Seagate 2TB Backup Plus Slim Portable Drive.It is well designed, being light and thin enough to just slip in a pocket – but also being sturdy enough to satisfy any worries you may have about how...
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hardwareheaven.com Updated:
2018-01-19 02:53:45
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USB drives offering varied levels of portable storage have been around for many years however times have very much changed and now cloud storage is a big thing. To some that would mean the end of USB storage however if you are a manufacturer like Seagate...
Beginning with the build quality and design of the Backup Plus Slim we have a drive which immediately impresses. That brushed metal top is lovely, especially in silver with the white LED glowing through nicely in the corner. The plastic base is nice and solid but that said...
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pcauthority.com.au Updated:
2018-01-19 02:53:45
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While high capacity and high speed USB stick drives are quickly becoming an option for carrying around large volumes of data, the good old spinning hard drive still has some fight left. Lately we've been using the Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB. It's a pa...
Cheap, versatile, and well-made...
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The Seagate Backup Plus Slim is a great portable solution for users wishing to either backup data or transfer information from A to B. The drive also supports USB 3.0 which boasts speeds almost four times as fast as USB 2.0 and makes copying of data a ver...
The Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB HDD is a very affordable drive and although it doesn't have the performance of some other drives on the market, it is a midrange player that works extremely well for backup, especially with its easy to use software tool. I...
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Small form factor storage solutions come in handy for those that want to backup multiple computers or, in modern times, mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones. Additionally, these devices allow you to take your files with you no matter where your...
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The biggest threat to old-school hard-drives like Seagate's BackUp Plus Slim might be the idea that they're out of date. SSD solutions like Samsung's T5 or Seagate's own Fast SSD have better tech inside them but where the nuts, bolts and technologies invo...
Fast speeds, Value-adds...
Heavier than SSD, Boring design, No Thunderbolt...
It might not suit power users but if you're after a good portable storage option that provides plenty of capacity per dollar, the Seagate BackUp Plus Slim makes a strong case for itself...
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The biggest threat to old-school hard-drives like Seagate's BackUp Plus Slim might be the idea that they're out of date. SSD solutions like Samsung's T5 or Seagate's own Fast SSD have better tech inside them but where the nuts, bolts and technologies invo...
Fast speeds, Value-adds...
Heavier than SSD, Boring design, No Thunderbolt...
Although, in terms of technology, the BackUp Plus Slim can sometimes feel a little quaint and outdated - the utility it provides isn't. The form-factor here doesn't try to reinvent the wheel but the performance gets the job done regardless.It might not su...
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With ballooning game install sizes, storage space is at a premium this console generation. The 500GB or 1TB hard drive that comes as standard in the various PlayStation 4 models may seem like plenty at first, but it fills up quickly. Even upgrading that h...
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The most fascinating of the three is the Samsung Wireless Mobile Media Streaming Device (if you've forgotten, Seagate acquired Samsung's hard drive business a few years ago). External notebook drives are often marketed as...
Samsung Wireless Mobile Media Streaming DeviceWhile the drive inside is a bit on the slow side, the Samsung Wireless delivers exactly what it promises. Aside from the odd hiccup here or there with the mobile app, it's a solid drive for streaming media via...
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Users are always damanding more and more storage space, not only inside their computers, but also as portable external hard disk drives. Nowadays, 2 TB portable external drives are becoming popular, and we will test two models: the Seagate 2 TB Backup Plus Slim and the Western Digital 2 TB My Passport Ultra. They are both compact drives and make use of the USB 3.0 interface. Let’s check for the results!...
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Hard drives are getting larger in capacities, good thing is that the sizes of these drives are getting smaller. I remember how I used to carry around a huge 500 GB desktop hard drive, including the cable and the power adaptor. How times have changed. What...
Great performance, Lightweight, Compatible with PCs and Macs, USB 3.0...
No security software included...
Costing only 599 AED, the Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2 TB is a great portable hard drive that can deliver the performance you need all in a small portable package...
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The Seagate Backup Plus Slim (2TB) ($129.99) is a compact repository for just about everything you need to save, like photos, term papers, and videos. This hard drive offers a generous amount of space in a chassis that's compact enough to slip into your p...
Pocket-size drive. Good per-gigabyte price. Backs up your mobile devices and social media. Available in four colors...
Short two-year warranty. Lacks Universal Storage Module (USM) interface...
True to its name, the Seagate Backup Plus Slim hard drive is thin and spacious. It can back up all the files on your laptop, as well as media from your phone and social networking accounts...
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Seagate sent its Backup Plus 1TB USB 3.0 Portable drive for review. The drive has a 12.1mm Z-Axis thickness with plastic shell. There's really nothing much to talk about, except that the drive uses an SATA 6Gb/s 5400 RPM drive modelled ‘ ST1000LM024 ‘ eit...
Good enough transfer speed, 3 Years Warranty, Good value...
Build quality could be better...
No complaints with this drive. It performs nicely, has good file transfer with small file size and compressed file transfers. Its not really slow even with larger movie folder transfers either. The casing could be bit stronger.Good enough transfer spee...
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bgr.com
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Fast. Fast and cheap. In a nutshell, that describes Seagate's latest duo of mobile hard drives. In a world where SSDs are still (unfortunately) too pricey for most , mechanical hard drives are (mercifully) becoming increasingly affordable. The thought of...
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computershopper.com Updated:
2018-01-19 02:53:46
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& Design With its latest generation of portable hard drives, , Seagate made some dramatic design changes to its line. For starters, we saw the first 4TB portable drive, in the form of the that we recently reviewed. It's a very worthy drive, though in...
Snazzy, lean design, Metal top resists fingerprints, scratches, Useful backup software that ties into public cloud...
Some software-interface quibbles, Drive operated a tad warm to the touch...
A handsomely designed drive with good software, the Slim is a fine performer at a mass-market price. It's a good choice for anyone shopping for a solid portable hard drive...
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Each time I receive a new portable drive to take a look at, it seems like it's thinner than the last. With Seagate's Backup Plus Slim, I'm not let down; it brings a thickness of .48 inches with its 2TB model.That might not seem too impressive at first gla...
When Seagate contacted me a couple of weeks ago to say that a Backup Plus Slim was on its way, I was a little confused. After investigating, I discovered that the drive had been launched in the late fall. So what, then, would cause the company to sudden...
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consumersearch.com Updated:
2018-01-19 02:53:46
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Zippy backup speed. No USB 3.0 drive this size -- and very few external drives of any kind -- can beat the speed of the Seagate Backup Plus Slim. In tests at CNET, it was able to read and write files at around 120 Mbps. The drive comes preformatted for Wi...
Lots of capacity for the price, Very fast transfer speeds, Extremely compact, Low failure rate...
No security features, Setup can be tricky...
The Seagate Backup Plus Slim is the slimmest portable hard drive on the market. It's also one of the fastest, according to tests conducted at CNET. User reviews indicate that it's reliable, too, with a low rate of reported drive failures. While most owner...
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The other day we took a look at a massive 4TB Seagate portable hard drive . That's a tremendous amount of mobile storage capacity, and it's possibly overkill for many. Today we're taking a look at a far thinner drive, the Seagate Backup Plus Slim Portable...
Small, light, BUS-powered drive with up to 2TB of storage, Works with Seagate Dashboard for mobile backups...
USB 3.0 (backward compatible to USB 2.0) only...
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Related News and ReviewsSeagate Backup Plus Fast Portable Review Samsung Spinpoint M9T Mobile Hard Drive; M3 and P3 Portable Now Shipping Samsung Spinpoint M9T Hard Drive Review Leaderboard - Best Hard Drive, SSD and Storage Solutions Seagate Showcases...
Excellent price per TB, Extremely portable, Great Performance, Easy-to-use management software...
Weaker build than Backup Plus Fast...
The Seagate Backup Plus Slim is an impressive portable hard drive for its physical size and capacity. Though Seagate did not quote any performance numbers like it did for the Backup Plus Fast, we were not surprised with the results. The Slim delivered...
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pcstats.com Updated:
2018-01-19 02:53:46
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External hard drives are super handy when it's time to back up your PC: just plug in, copy files and disconnect. Leaving backups on the network, or a connected drive is starting to get risky. In the face of "ransomware" like Cryptolocker (see this 12/24/2...
For this test a single 8.5GB, high definition 1080p .MKV movie file is copied from a 120GB SSD system disk to the removable storage device (copy to), then from the removable storage device to the 120GB SSD system disk (copy from). While...
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According to official stats, more photos are taken during spring and summer than during any other time of year. Now that the outdoor shooting season is in full swing, more photographers are on the go—shooting on assignment, traveling to vacation destinati...
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The Seagate Backup Plus Slim (2TB) ($129.99) is a compact repository for just about everything you need to save, like photos, term papers, and videos. This hard drive offers a generous amount of space in a chassis that's compact enough to slip into your p...
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