Buffalo MiniStation Turbo USB Portable Drive

The Buffalo MiniStation Turbo 320GB USB portable drive is yet another great drive in the mini series from Buffalo Tech. The MiniStation Turbo comes in a matte black, impact resistant plastic case. An LED on top of the case indicates power and hard drive activity. Buffalo's attention to detail has a groove around the edges of the case for the wrap around USB cable to be stored. There is more than meets the eye with the Buffalo MiniStation Turbo USB Drive. On the inside of the case, the 2.5" hard drive is surrounded by shock absorbing material offering protection beyond what the exterior shell can provide. Another part of the attention to detail results in less vibration and shock being transferred to the drive which means survivability and increased longevity for the user. Since the MiniStation Turbo is bus-powered, the drive is quite small. The drive is about as thick as a nickel and is just about as tall as a 12 oz. Pepsi can. On one end of the drive you will find the openings for the USB mini-B cable and 5V auxiliary power connection for those that can't seem to get enough juice out of a single USB port to power the drive.

Performance

Buffalo says the speed of the MiniStation Turbo USB 320GB hard drive is over 27% faster than its competition. They attribute to less overhead by the software.

Memeo AutoBackup

A big plus feature of the Buffalo MiniStation Turbo USB Drive is the bundled Memeo backup software. The backup software offers an easy to use way to backup your data. Unlike most software that has you choose what you want to back up first; Memeo has you specify where you wish to back your data up to first. You aren't limited to just backing up to this drive though as you can use any location you wish such as another hard drive, a flash drive, your iPod, or even a network location. If you wish to keep previous versions of files, you can do that as well and if you are concerned about security you can also utilize 128-bit AES encryption so that only the Memeo software can be used to restore the data.