techradar.com/au/ Updated: 2016-11-15 00:59:59
|
On the surface, Freecom's Thunderbolt and USB 3.0-equipped Mobile Drive Mg seems to provide the perfect blend of portability, performance and versatility. There are no design surprises sprung, the drive is essentially an update of a previous dual-port mod...
Slimline chassis and elegant design, Reasonably quick performance, particularly with small files, Cables included...
2.5inch drive fails to make the most of Thunderbolt's capabilities, Very expensive for little performance gain...
If you're happy to pay a large premium for a tiny performance gain over USB 3.0, then the Freecom Mobile Drive Mg will appeal, but we'd suggest looking at the USB 3.0-only model, which is much cheaper...
|
|
|
Freecom’s latest mobile hard disk has a robust metal build designed to complement Apple Macs, but it’ll look stylish next to any computer and is easily small and slender enough to slip into a bag or large coat pocket. It also comes in a variety of cap...
A sleek-looking portable Thunderbolt hard disk, but it’s slow and expensive...
|
|
|
We liked the original Mobile Drive Mg that Freecom released a couple of years ago, as it was neatly designed and included ports for both Firewire 800 and USB 3.0. A lot has changed since then, of course, so Freecom has now released an updated model that s...
It's a shame that the Mobile Drive Mg doesn't fully exploit the speed of that Thunderbolt interface. However, Apple introduced Thunderbolt on the Mac more than a year before it finally got around to adding USB 3.0, so this is still a good choice for peopl...
|
|
micromart.co.uk Updated: 2016-11-15 00:59:59
|
Freecom's Mobile Drive Mg is clearly aimed at the style-conscious consumers who lap up expensive Apple products: it's a minimalist drive made of brushed aluminium, and it's even packaged in the kind of luxurious box that would normally entice those who wo...
|
|
|
Many years ago I purchased a new hard drive with a capacity of approximately 100MB. The drive costs nearly £200. How things have changed...
|
|
|
It might have been designed to sit alongside an Apple MacBook, but the Freecom Mobile Drive Mg will work on any PC or laptop with a USB port. The magnesium finish looks great and feels reassuringly solid - it should protect the 750GB hard disk from a f...
The Mobile Drive Mg is stylish, but offers poor value in light of other drives with greater capacities...
|
|
itreviews.com Updated: 2016-11-15 00:59:59
|
With USB3.0 busily establishing itself as the new standard for high-speed data transfer, plenty of external storage drives and full-sized desktop backup devices are appearing that can benefit from these high speeds.Freecom's Mobile Drive Mg is an attr...
A stylish and portable design, backed up by decent speeds...
Not a lot of additional support from supplied software.
The Mobile Drive Mg is slimline, attractive and extremely portable, as well as being quite reasonably priced considering the benefits on offer. Backed up by impressive transfer speeds, this could be a great choice for expanding storage capacity on a Ma...
|
|
|
Tobias Winkler (translated by Martina Osztovits), 03/12/2011 The Mobile Drive Mg from Freecom is hardly bigger than the 2.5" drive inside. Its Simple design and fast USB-3.0 interface should draw the attention of potential customers. Quite a huge num...
The Mobile Drive Mg from Freecom proves to be very interesting. It is very light, very small and features a reliable power supply, because its hard drive is frugal. The performance conforms to the speed of the Hitachi-hard drive inside and the maximum of...
|
|