External 2.5-inch hard drives have been stuck at 5TB of capacity for a number of years, but WD/SanDisk has just released a peck of new 6TB drives, including the impressively ruggedized and weatherized SanDisk Professional G-Drive ArmorATD that’s the subject of this review. SanDisk Professi...
OWC On-The-Go Pro 500GB Triple Interface External Drive Price: $138 Seagate Backup Plus Portable External 1TB Drive for Mac Price: $130 Adapters are available, sold separately, to convert this drive to FireWire 800 and/or Thunderbolt LaCie Rugged Key 16GB Price: $40 for 16GB, or...
Better impact resistance-- Computers do drop. The DOD estimates a piece of equipment will be dropped from heights up to four feet an average of four to six times during its life cycle. Most rugged vendors use the MIL-STD-810F 516.5 Procedure IV that mandates 26 drops (one on each edge,...
The GD3080 is a fully rugged computer that's able to operate within a very wide temperature range of -4 to 140 degree Fahrenheit. It has been tested in accordance with methods described in MIL-STD-810G. The GD3080 survived a total of 26 drops from three feet on each face, edge and ...
CalDigit's Tuff line of rugged USB-C external drives have been a great option for those looking to take extra storage or backups on the go for a...
The Adata SD600Q is not the smallest, or the cutest, or the fastest rugged external drive. It is, however, the cheapest by a significant margin thanks to QLC technology. We’d love it to have a Type-C connector and be a bit faster, but neither of those quibbles are deal-breakers. ...
under the ThinkPad brand, including the secure eSATA 500GB external hard drive (57Y4400). By secure, Lenovo doesn’t just mean standard password protection for the drive; they bring AES 256-bit encryption and an integrated 10-digit keypad to the drive, capable of recording a 16-digit ...
external radios. The entire machine was designed and engineered to be able to handle temperature extremes. And the company did not stop with just the computer itself in their ruggedization efforts. Even the Wacom stylus is sealed and rated to IP54 specifications. The hard drive heater heats the...
Orbea finds a balance between capabilities on rugged descents and efficiency and handling on tough climbs, making the Occam a winner. Dan Cavallari UpdatedMar 30, 2020 Mountain Gear Canyon Lux CF 9.0 Pro Race Canyon has crafted a pure XC race bike with balanced, aggressive geometry, premium co...
The very first computer hard drives were external devices simply because they were large and cumbersome and could not fit inside computers at the time. IBM recognized the need for saving files to some sort of electronic device once work was completed on the computer system. This hard drive was...