PVC 2018 guide to SSD and HDD portable drives
By Jim Bask
The world’s population is going mobile, according to the number of portable drives by different companies announced at CES 2018: Sandisk, Seagate, Patriot, Dell and Western Digital are some of the names involved.
…We pick some of the SSD and HDD solutions announced at CES 2018 or close to the event, for this 2018 guide.
One note before we continue: this guide does not intend to be a complete guide to what the market offers. It is based on a series of new products announced at CES this year and is a good starting point to explore – some of – what is available or will be available in 2018. We included some HDD solutions that may interest readers, but SSDs, as prices come down and speed goes up, seem to be the way forward…
- LaCie Rugged Secure
- Seagate Fast SSD
- G-Technology 2TB G-DRIVE R-Series SSD (featuring a versatile USB-C port with a USB 3.1 Gen 2 interface, so the device is ready for laptops both old and new.)
- Patriot EVLVR Thunderbolt 3 Portable SSD
- Dell Portable Thunderbolt 3 SSD
- Toshiba XS700
- Plugable Thunderbolt 3 SSD
- Transcend StoreJet 25M3
- Seagate Joy Drive
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