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CES 07: Seagate aims to make backup chic

Seagate is aiming to give an air of sex to storage, with its sleekly designed FreeAgent external backup family of products.

Seagate_freeagentprol The FreeAgent Pro comes in 320GB, 500GB and 750GB versions and is aimed at being more of a lifestyle and backup device.

It includes 500MB of online storage that is free for six months, after which it is a paid for service (the capacity can be increased).

The idea, said Seagate, is to have a limited amount of data available from anywhere where there is internet access. Prices range from $200 to $400.

The base FreeAgent Desktop version, which comes with 250GB, 320GB and 500GB, is designed to be a pure back up device. Prices range from $149 to $249.

The FreeAgent Go is the portable version, coming with an 80GB, 120GB or 160GB hard disk drive, costing from $130.

Comments

Can the desktop verson be used on its side without that ugly stand?

Posted by Baz | August 3, 2007 3:01 PM

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