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Chris Gohlke
01-24-2008, 04:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://reviews.digitaltrends.com/review4894.html' target='_blank'>http://reviews.digitaltrends.com/review4894.html</a><br /><br /></div><em>&quot;Seagate is taking a different approach to portable storage with the FreeAgent Pro. Rather that offering a drive designed to function as a portable backup device for your notebook, the FreeAgent is designed for people who use multiple PCs, and want a portable &ldquo;pseudo computer&rdquo; that lets them take apps, games, and files to each PC. It&rsquo;s a slick drive and the software works very well, though the file syncing utility leaves a bit to be desired, and some rudimentary backup software would be appreciated.&quot;<br /><br /></em><img border="0" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/500/dht/auto/1201137780.usr10.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />Interesting feature.&nbsp; I've seen the same thing done on a thumb drive with U3 and thought it was a pretty good idea.&nbsp; This appears to take the same concept and bump up the drive size to something that will cover most users.

freitasm
01-24-2008, 06:56 AM
I have five Seagate FreeAgent drives here at home. Four are plugged to my Windows Home Server (3 x 500 GB, 1 x 320 GB) and the fifth is the FreeAgent 160 GB I use on my laptop.

These are great drives. I had bad experiences with Maxtor (1 TB OneTouch) which was replaced twice - three bad units in 12 months, and the WD MyBook goes to sleep after 15 minutes, causing the OS To unmount the drive - and only a reboot brings it back to life.

The Seagate Agent series are highly recommend.