#Seagate 4tb backup plus portable black friday portable#
Seagate's is slightly slower, which is to be expected given the slower spinning disks, but makes up for it by being incredibly portable, while WD is a beast but isn't as portable. DAS Benchmarks The Backup Plus Portable 4TB drive came pre-formatted in NTFS. Product Description: 4 TB / USB 3.0 / 2. In terms of actual use, we didn't have any real issues with either. Seagate 4TB STDR400030x Backup Plus Portable USB 3.0. HDD Seagate 4TB Backup Plus Portable Black 2.5 (STHP4000400. What this essentially means is that the WD can handle a lot more at once, especially given that it is powered, while the Seagate is the more portable of the two. HDD Seagate 4TB Backup Plus Portable Black 2.5 (STHP4000400).
The ports on offer reflect these priorities: Seagate has a single port, which connects to USB 3 and powers the device, while WD includes a data port, power cable port, and two USB ports. Seagate 4TB Backup Plus Portable High-Capacity External Hard Drive + 1Yr Myliocreate + 2MO Adobe CC Photography, Black (STHP4000400) 5.0 out of 5 stars 1 8,499. Seagate has gone the other way, making an incredibly portable external hard drive that you could easily slip into your bag when you're done. The Seagate Backup Plus portable drive offers the mobility of a portable with the high capacity of a desktop drive. For its part, WD's hard drive is a much more desk-based unit, even coming with a stand, that most likely weighs too much to carry around all day long. The biggest differences arise from the physical designs that Seagate and WD have chosen.
(Image credit: Western Digital) Seagate Backup Plus 4TB vs WD Black D10: design and use