That tangled mess of a backup solution feeling slightly cramped? Yeah, join the group. Seagate’s trying to provide you with a splash of capaciousness — a splash that you can desperately used — with its newest desktop HDD . The GoFlex Desk line is ready as sleek because it gets for a non-mobile drive, with 1/2/3/4TB options being made available. The stock model ships with USB 2.0 / 3.0 support, a required AC power adapter (blah) and support for OS X and Windows platforms. The whole unit weighs but 2.38 pounds and checks in at 6.22- x 4.88- x 1.73-inches; true to the GoFlex name, the lower base can actually be swapped out for those who’d prefer a special interface (you realize, like FireWire or Thunderbolt), and there is a four-LED capacity gauge on there to boot. In our limited testing, we consistently saw USB 3.0 burst rates top 100MB/sec, while sustained transfers hovered in the direction of 60MB/sec. When used on a USB 2.0 rig, we saw reads and writes hover between 30MB/sec and 40MB/sec. As for pricing and availability? The 4TB flagship are available at this time at Seagate’s site for $249.99, while the GoFlex Desk for Mac — which touts both Firewire 800 and USB 2.0 — would be available in Apple stores by the tip of the month. We’re told that Thunderbolt should be supported once that GoFlex adapter is let out, but an ETA isn’t quite ready for public eyes.
New Design, New Capacity, and a brand new Home for the Media You Love
CUPERTINO, Calif. – September 7, 2011- Seagate (NASDAQ:STX) today announced it’s shipping a brand new 4TBGoFlex® Desk external hard disk – the best capacity harddrive inside the industry. This latest addition to the GoFlex Family of external hard drives showcases Seagate’s new desktop design. The streamlined industrial design delivers a smaller footprint and higher reflects the classy of today’s modern offices while still providing all the benefits of previous generations of the GoFlex drives. The hot 4TB GoFlex Desk is now available from www.seagate.com and should be available from select online retailers next month for a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $249.99 USD. The full line of GoFlex Desk products can even adopt the brand new industrial design within the coming weeks. The GoFlex Desk for Mac featuring both Firewire 800 and USB 2.0 should be available in Apple stores by the top of the month..
“Another industry first for Seagate, we’ve reached a brand new high-capacity within the 3.5-inch hard disk form factor. At Seagate, we’re committed to pushing the bounds for our customers and should continue to conform and innovate our products according to customer needs,” said Patrick Connolly, vp and general manager of Retail products for Seagate. “This latest GoFlex® Desk drive offering with its new industry-leading capacity point is a press release of our continued commitment to satisfy consumer needs.”
As more of our entertainment and private data become digitize, the importance of greater access to local storage becomes progressively more valued. The hot GoFlex Desk 4TB drive has the gap to contain over 2000 HD movies. This new GoFlex desk comes at a time when persons are archiving more in their memories inside the variety of digital photo and video.
“IDC foresees there being a rise in global demand for private storage capacity driven by the growing creation and acquisition of digitized videos, photos and music,” said Liz Conner, Sr. Research Analyst, Storage Systems, IDC.
Debuted in May of 2010, the award-winning GoFlex Family of hard drives provide an alternate strategy to external storage solutions by allowing users to alter interface adapters to stick current with the newest in interface technology. With USB 3.0 still undergoing adoption and the emergence of Thunderbolt within the coming months, the GoFlex adapter concept have been proven as a concept that works and Seagate will continue with this design for future iterations of the company’s external hard drives. The GoFlex drives also are Windows and Mac OSX compatible and feature the pliability to move between both operating systems. Apart from cross-platform compatibility, the GoFlex Desk can be utilized with the GoFlex Home adapter if one chooses to apply it as a network drive.
With the pre-loaded back up software, the GoFlex Desk external drive provides automatic, continuous back with encryption for your whole files. The included USB 3.0 adapter also works with USB 2.0 ports making it easy to connect with your Windows or Mac computer. The adapter also features an illuminated gauge to display available space at the drive.
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