Don’t get me wrong — I love chunky; chunky is great to hold, easy to get along with. Thin, though — well, thin is just plain fast. It’s stealthy, slinky, looks great sitting on a desk. Of course, we’re talking about the latest addition to Seagate’s line of GoFlex modular drives, the GoFlex Slim external laptop drive.
Seagate says it’s the “world’s thinnest”; we haven’t whipped out a tape measure yet, but our very brief hands-on time with the 9mm-thick drive at CES definitely left us with the impression it was stealthy. We’re thinking the drive is probably aimed broadly at professional women, judging by its product shots.
The fast-spinning, 7200RPM drive comes in one flavor and price right now: $100 for 320GB.
When he was eight, Eli Milchman came home from frolicking in the Veld one day and was given an Atari 400. Since then, his fascination with technology has made him an intrepid early adopter of whatever charming new contraption crosses his path. He calls San Francisco home, where he works as a journalist and photographer. Eli has contributed to the pages of Wired.com and BIKE Magazine, among others. Hang with him on Twitter.
12 responses to “Seagate Ships GoFlex Slim, ‘World’s Slimmest’ External HDD”
Beautiful industrial design. I like how they curve the front’s bottom up so that it’s easier to pick up off a surface. However it’s Seagate, not my favorite drive manufacturer and it’s only 320 GB. Love to see this form factor in an SSD.
thunderbolt or go home
Jonimo, Seagate told us they’re working on Thunderbolt adapters for the GoFlex series; when they’ll appear or whether they’ll have one for the Slim is unknown though.
72000rpm drive? Jeez, who knew that my 7200rpm drive was so out of date in the spinning drive world.
Anonymous, the world moves fast — but maybe not quite that fast. Typo intercepted and corrected.
I’ve been looking around for an external HD forever. I might actually pick this up.