Seagate's svelte GoFlex Slim meets portable media demands

by Steven Mostyn - Apr 6 2011, 13:11

California-based data storage specialist Seagate has this week announced the arrival of its new GoFlex Slim external hard drive, which it describes as the perfect portable companion for today’s svelte notebooks and netbooks.

Boasting a physical profile of just 9mm, which is barely wider than a pencil, the GoFlex Slim is certainly the right size for on-the-go users looking for a little extra portable storage. And, according to Seagate, it doesn’t just look the part.

Indeed, beyond being 38 percent slimmer than previous GoFlex drives, the Slim comes equipped with a 2.5-inch, 7200rpm hard drive and a USB 3.0 interface capable of accelerated transfer speeds up to 10 times quicker than USB 2.0.

Well suited to users looking for a place to store “hundreds” of movies and videogames, the drive also offers plug-and-play functionality (along with backwards compatibility to USB 2.0), and premium backup software for the automatic and continuous backup and encryption of files and folders.

“Netbooks and slim laptops are great for consuming media, but are limited when it comes to creating and storing high-definition films and photos,” commented Patrick Connolly, vice president and general manager of Retail at Seagate.

“With the benefit of using Seagate’s Momentus Thin drive, the 9mm GoFlex Slim ultra-portable hard drive breaks through these boundaries—delivering a beautiful, ultra-slim, lightweight storage solution to complement existing mobile computing devices…”   

Available now with a storage capacity of 320GBs, the Seagate GoFlex Slim drive for Windows comes attached to a retail asking price of $99.99 USD. A comparatively priced Apple-flavoured version for Mac computers will be available in May.

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