Last year, I was skeptical of the Seagate Pocket Hard Drive, calling it “a product in search of a market.” Several months later, and I found myself part of that market as I recently purchased one of these.
Looking back, my complaint was that Seagate was looking to sell a 5gb drive for $200. I picked up the 2.5gb version for just a bit over $100.
I was carrying an 80gb Firelite back and forth between work and home, but quickly filled that up. Moreover, it was a pain having to carry the Firelite and USB cable if I wanted to work from a machine other than my main machines.
So I switched to a VPN solution to access my home computer from any computer I’m at, and opted for the Seagate Pocket Drive to hold a few applications and files that I’m working with at the moment. Works great in every machine I’ve tried.
Overall a nice, ultra-portable little hard drive.