Hardware manufacturer Verbatim Americas on Friday launched two external, quad-interface desktop hard-disk drives. The drives, one 500 GB and the other 1 TB, offer Mac and PC users “plug-and-play” support for the leading interfaces, USB 2.0, FireWire 400, FireWire 800, and eSATA II, the company said. The drives are aimed at digital content professionals, consumers, and small businesses looking to store audio, video, photos, and graphics files.The 3.5-inch drives feature spindle speed at 7,200 revolutions per minute and 32 MB of cache memory. The drives are housed in a black aluminum case, weigh 3.3 pounds, and measure roughly 9 inches by 6 inches by 1.5 inches. The latest products’ multi-interface support simplifies file sharing for designers collaborating on projects from different systems. The bus-powered drives have transfer speeds of up to 50 MBps for FireWire 400 connections, up to 100 MBps for FireWire 800, and up to 3 GBps for eSATA II.

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