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Reviews: External Hard Drives

Apricorn EZ Bus DT Desktop

Drive size (GB): 250 • Supported Interface(s): External SATA-150, USB 2.0 • Speed (RPM): 7200 • Buffer Size (MB): 8 • Cost per Gigabyte: $0.5 • Price When Reviewed: $125

Last updated
November 07, 2007

Pros

Top eSATA performance
Ample software bundle

Cons

Basic design

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Pricing: Very Inexpensive: $125 (11/7/2007)

Performance: Good: 78

Features: Poor: 54

Design: Good: 79

Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Very Inexpensive: $125

Cost per Gigabyte - $0.5

Performance

Good: 78

PC World Tests (seconds)
Interface Tested	External SATA-150
Primary Volume - Virus Scan	170.12
Primary Volume - Windows File Search	110.67
External Read - Files and Folders	74.91
External Read - Large File	49.58
External Write - Files and Folders	100.37
External Write - Large File	52.44

Features

Poor: 54

Basics
Drive size (GB)	250
Supported Interface(s)	External SATA-150, USB 2.0
Speed (RPM)	7200
Buffer Size (MB)	8

Other
Installation Kit Hardware	stand, eSATA cable, and SATA cable
Bundled Software	Cryptainer encryption software, EZGig II, SecondCopy 2000

Support & Reliability
Labor Warranty (years)	One
Parts Warranty (years)	One
Weekday Support Hours	9
Saturday Support Hours	0
Sunday Support Hours	0
Toll-Free Support	Yes
Reliability Score	Average
Service Score	Average