G-Technology G-Drive Mobile for Mac USB3/FireWire

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Two FireWire 800 ports, USB 3.0 support, Threeyear warranty

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Unimpressive performance

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Last revision on March 18, 2014

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Two FireWire 800 ports, USB 3.0 support, Threeyear warranty

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Updated drive is slimmer and lighter – but loses FireWire The original G-Drive Mobile hard drive was popular with many Mac users as it had both USB and FireWire interfaces. The USB port meant that it could be used with any model of Mac, while those...

By Macworld UK on August 13, 2013

G-Technology's G-Drive mobile is a competent external drive with a longer-than-average warranty. Although it has been updated to offer the faster USB 3 technology, the transfer speeds over this connection were average. There are other drives that are...

By Macworld on December 27, 2012

The G-Technology G-Drive Mobile has both FireWire 800 and USB 3.0, so it's one to use if you're a pre 2011 Mac user who is just about to...

By itreviews.com on November 05, 2012

One tends to heed such warnings from someone who makes his living from crippled drives, so I called in this smart new 1Tb mobile USB drive from G-Technology. It's formatted specially to use with Apple laptops. It's exceptionally thin at 13mm and weighs...

By howtospendit.ft.com on December 28, 2013

While it's not the fastest USB 3.0 drive we've tested, the G-Technology G-Drive Mobile still provides read/write speeds that are approximately the same as those of internal SATA drives. For mobile users who want a fast bus-driven external hard drive,...

By tuaw.com on December 03, 2012