By Desire Athow
Hard disk vendors are no longer content selling vanilla drives and they’re now looking for higher margin products, which explains why so many have rushed to unveil wireless hard disk drives.
We have had models from Seagate, LaCiE (a Seagate company) and Western Digital already sent over for review, and Buffalo’s Ministation Air 2 500GB (a bigger 1TB model is also available) is the latest to join them, and the first to come from a value-added vendor (i.e. one that doesn’t actually build hard disks).
At just over £115 (around $174, AU$214), however, it will have a tough time competing against its bigger rivals (note that the 1TB model retails for around £134 – which is about $203, AU$250). A 2TB Seagate Plus drive costs £150 (around $227, AU$280) while the 500GB model sells for £70 (around $106, AU$130). So clearly, Buffalo will have to come up with a clever trick in order to justify the premium.
Design
Externally, the drive, also known as the HDW-PDU3, sports an attractive two-tone grey …read more
Source: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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