G-Technology 750GB G-DRIVE mini High-Speed Portable Drive
The 750GB G-DRIVE mini High-Speed Portable Drive from G-Technology is a portable hard drive with a speed of 7200rpm and FireWire-800, FireWire-400, and USB 2.0 connectivity options. The versatile drive features a total storage capacity of 750GB and a sleek casing complete with a fanless heat sink. It also comes with a protective case to keep it safe from damage while on-the-go. Whether you want to use it for portable storage or as a backup solution, the G-DRIVE mini is a powerful, versatile, and fast hard disc drive.
- Portable, high-speed external hard drive
- High-speed interfaces including FireWire-800, FireWire-400 (via included cable), and USB 2.0 ports
- Weighs less than 9 oz
- Storage capacities of 750GB with a speed of 7200rpm
- Bus powered, eliminating the need for an AC adapter
- Integrated heat-sink provides near silent operation and ensures proper cooling for long life and data reliability
- Ships complete with all cables and high-quality protective carrying case
- Unique industrial design, compact all aluminum enclosure
- Mac OS X and Windows compatible, and Time Machine ready
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| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 750GB |
| Interface |
2x 9-Pin FireWire-800 1x USB 2.0 |
| Drive Speed | 7200rpm |
| Buffer | 16MB |
| Average Seek Time | Not Specified by Manufacturer |
| Sustained Data Transfer Rate | Up to 800Mbps |
| Chipset | Oxford 934 chipset |
| General | |
|---|---|
| Mounting | Portable |
| System Requirements |
Windows 2000, XP, or Vista; Mac OS X 10.3.x or later FireWire-800, FireWire-400, or USB 2.0 port |
| Power Requirements | Bus-powered |
| Environmental Requirements | None |
| Dimensions (LxWxH) | 4.94 x 3.19 x 0.88" / 12.5 x 8.1 x 2.23cm |
| Weight | 0.55 lb / 0.25kg |
REVIEW SNAPSHOT®
by PowerReviews(based on 37 reviews)
Ratings Distribution
94%
of respondents would recommend this to a friend.
Pros
- Compact (16)
- Easy to use (16)
- Portable (15)
- Versatile (12)
- Attractive (11)
Cons
Best Uses
- Multimedia (14)
- Video (13)
- Additional storage (10)
- Back-up (10)
- Photo storage (9)
- Reviewer Profile:
- Power user (14)
- Primary use:
- Business (27), Personal (8)
- Computer Platform:
- Mac (34)
Most Liked Positive Review
Great
Dual angle HD Video production via FW 800 on iMac, very happy with the performance
Dual angle HD Video production via FW 800 on iMac, very happy with the performance
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Most Liked Negative Review
Smaller capacity, higher price
I bought this drive without doing enough research up front. I use it to store RAW photos. I own three other portable WD drives that I have used for quite a while and they ...Read complete review
I bought this drive without doing enough research up front. I use it to store RAW photos. I own three other portable WD drives that I have used for quite a while and they have been trouble free. I bought the Hitachi 750G drive because I was under the impression this one would work better, operate faster and be more dependable than my other compact drives with my Macbook Pro. I have realized none of those features except maybe it is slightly faster but not by much. Hard to justify it's higher price and lower capacity when other drives are available that work great, are smaller, cost less, have higher capacity. My other drives also somehow feel more portable and are plug and play. The Hitachi drive comes with a nice leather carry case but all line cords must be removed and carried separately if you choose to use the case then reassemble before use
It also has an off/on switch vs plug and play.
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Pros
- Attractive Design
- Compact
- Easy To Set Up
- Easy to use
- High Capacity
- Portable
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
- Video
Comments about G-Technology 750GB G-DRIVE mini High-Speed Portable Drive:
My comments are for Mac users, since I really don't know how to use a PC:
No mystery for using the 750GB G-Drive. Plug and use it!
Great product, silent, small and lots of space for editing. Perfect for laptops!
No cons at all.
And it comes with cables, as I said, plug and use!
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Compact
- Easy to use
- High Capacity
- Portable
Cons
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- Backup
- File Transfer
- Photo Storage
- Video
Comments about G-Technology 750GB G-DRIVE mini High-Speed Portable Drive:
We're using it to hold photos and videos for our video shoots and it's great because it allows us to store all of our information in one place
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Compact
- Easy to use
- Portable
Cons
Best Uses
- Backup
- Video
Comments about G-Technology 750GB G-DRIVE mini High-Speed Portable Drive:
i use it to backup video files
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Attractive Design
- Compact
- Easy To Set Up
- Portable
- Quiet
Cons
- Difficult To Use
- Unreliable
Best Uses
Comments about G-Technology 750GB G-DRIVE mini High-Speed Portable Drive:
This looks great and sounds like a great product, but mine was really unreliable, it kept unmounting itself randomly. I bought a new one, and the same thing happened with that. It seems to draw too much power, so it might work if you buy a power adapter. I don't recommend anyone buying this.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Attractive Design
- Compact
- Easy To Set Up
- Easy to use
- High Capacity
- Portable
Cons
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- Backup
- File Transfer
- Photo Storage
- Video
Comments about G-Technology 750GB G-DRIVE mini High-Speed Portable Drive:
I'm a video professional and this drive is perfect for working on the go. It's compact, lightweight, dependable and fast.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Compact
- Easy to use
- High Capacity
- Portable
Cons
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- Backup
- File Transfer
- Photo Storage
- Video
Comments about G-Technology 750GB G-DRIVE mini High-Speed Portable Drive:
Picked up this drive after using the 1TB Western Digital Studio Passport firewire drive and getting frustrated by dropped frames during video editing. I was trying to save money buying the cheaper Western Digital option but it wasn't worth it. This drive is definitely worth the extra.
This drive is much faster meaning fewer, if any, dropped frames. Sleek design and the two firwire ports are handy for whenever I want to daisy chain the drive with another.
Only con I can thing of is that it isn't offered in a 1TB size.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Attractive Design
- Compact
- Easy To Set Up
- Easy to use
- Portable
Cons
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- Video
Comments about G-Technology 750GB G-DRIVE mini High-Speed Portable Drive:
Use it for video editing. Even using USB instead of the firewire option, it runs flawless although I'm editing pro res files.
Not too loud and very convenient by size.
- Primary use:
- Personal
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Attractive Design
- Compact
- Easy To Set Up
- Easy to use
- Portable
- Quiet
Cons
- Could have more storage
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- File Transfer
Comments about G-Technology 750GB G-DRIVE mini High-Speed Portable Drive:
This is a great general purpose drive.
I own two others (and will buy more).
The drive is small and sturdy.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Compact
- Easy To Set Up
- Easy to use
- High Capacity
- Portable
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- Backup
- Photo Storage
- Video
Comments about G-Technology 750GB G-DRIVE mini High-Speed Portable Drive:
I'm using the drive for backing up with Time Machine. Easy to use and strong enough for the road. Quite and portable.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
- Recommended:
- MAC
Pros
Cons
Best Uses
- Backup
- Photo Storage
Comments about G-Technology 750GB G-DRIVE mini High-Speed Portable Drive:
I bought this drive without doing enough research up front. I use it to store RAW photos. I own three other portable WD drives that I have used for quite a while and they have been trouble free. I bought the Hitachi 750G drive because I was under the impression this one would work better, operate faster and be more dependable than my other compact drives with my Macbook Pro. I have realized none of those features except maybe it is slightly faster but not by much. Hard to justify it's higher price and lower capacity when other drives are available that work great, are smaller, cost less, have higher capacity. My other drives also somehow feel more portable and are plug and play. The Hitachi drive comes with a nice leather carry case but all line cords must be removed and carried separately if you choose to use the case then reassemble before use
It also has an off/on switch vs plug and play.
- Primary use:
- Personal
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Attractive Design
- Compact
- Easy To Set Up
- Easy to use
- Portable
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- Photo Storage
- Video
Comments about G-Technology 750GB G-DRIVE mini High-Speed Portable Drive:
I bought two of these drives to accomodate HD video files for a video I'm editing. I edit directly from the drives and haven't noticed any problems with bottle-necking. They are quiet since they use no fans, which is also a plus. Solid build quality. No complaints so far.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Attractive Design
- Compact
- Easy to use
- Portable
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
- File Transfer
- Video
Comments about G-Technology 750GB G-DRIVE mini High-Speed Portable Drive:
I use it mostly for tranferring viedo files. It's fast, smooth and portable.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Attractive Design
- Compact
- Easy To Set Up
- Easy to use
- High Capacity
- Portable
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- Backup
- File Transfer
- Photo Storage
- Video
Comments about G-Technology 750GB G-DRIVE mini High-Speed Portable Drive:
B&H was quick to send and process, and drive came in original packaging. Very pleased with B&H - lowest price I found BUY FROM THEM!!!
The G-drive has surpassed all of my expectations. Because I bought my Macbook Pro with the 128GB Solid State drive I was very limited on space and really needed some extra room with speed.
The whole reason that I got the Macbook was for portability, such is the reason for the mini G-Drive.
PROS: even though the drive isn't rated for it, I use it for iMovie editing and I experienced NO lag, the only time that I had experienced slight lag is when I was playing 2 HD movies and video editing at once. Speed testing runs at half the speed of a solid state drive but nearly 6 times as fast of a rotary drive. NO DOUBT YOU WILL BE HAPPY WITH THIS DRIVE
SPEED TEST RATINGS:
Write: 73.5MB/s
SUPER FAST, especially for a portable drive!
Read: 80.9 MB/s
This pretty much shows that this drive will be 5 to 6 times faster than a normal External drive that runs for $80
speed testing done by Black Magic Disk Speed Test with FireWire 800
- Primary use:
- Personal
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Attractive Design
- Compact
- Easy To Set Up
- Easy to use
- High Capacity
- Large 16gb buffer
- Portable
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- Backup
- File Transfer
- Video
Comments about G-Technology 750GB G-DRIVE mini High-Speed Portable Drive:
I use this drive when I go to the [@] for my one to one class. I used to take my full size drives and that was a pain!For the money this 750GB drive is the best deal and it has a 16gb buffer. The 7200 drive is great for video editing.It comes with a great little case.I like how small it is. It looked larger in the photo even though I measured the size several times. I can't find anything wrong with this drive. I LOVE IT !!
- Primary use:
- Personal
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Attractive Design
- Compact
- Easy To Set Up
- Easy to use
- Portable
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
- Backup
- Photo Storage
- Video
Comments about G-Technology 750GB G-DRIVE mini High-Speed Portable Drive:
So far so good. This drive is quiet, fast, very portable, solid and has a heat sync which is nice. I use this for all my Lightroom storage (photos and catalogues) and Lightroom runs faster than it did when the photos were on my computer. Now I can have my library with me wherever I go. Some people complain that the drive has mounting problems, but I think that it has to do with the fact that this drive requires a lot of power and as such, some computers don't pump out enough juice to power the drive via usb or firewire. The drive may still turn on, but it won't show up. That's the reason for 4 stars instead of 5. I will probably purchase another one for my video work. I wish they could figure out how to make one larger than 1TB though, without the need for external power.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Attractive Design
- Compact
- Easy To Set Up
- Easy to use
- High Capacity
- Portable
- Quiet
Cons
- Great product
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- Backup
- File Transfer
- Photo Storage
- Video
Comments about G-Technology 750GB G-DRIVE mini High-Speed Portable Drive:
Small and portable. I used item with my MacBook Pro from assignment to assignment. Reliable.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Bus powered
- Durable
- Easy To Collaborate Across Programs
- Reliable
- Versatile
Cons
- Gets a bit hot
Best Uses
- Anything
- Educational Purposes
- Multimedia
Comments about G-Technology 750GB G-DRIVE mini High-Speed Portable Drive:
This is my 2nd G-Drive and it is working wonderfully. They are a bit more but defiantly worth the price. G-Drives are the one of the only hard drives I'll buy (or Glyph) I do a lot of heavy music work and need a reliable drive. This is It. They do get a bit hot but I've never had a problem with it. I'm sure that's why their Heat Syncs are so massive on these drives.
- Primary use:
- Personal
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Easy To Collaborate Across Programs
- Easy to Customize
- Easy to Navigate
- Versatile
Cons
Best Uses
- Multimedia
Comments about G-Technology 750GB G-DRIVE mini High-Speed Portable Drive:
I use this mini High-Speed Portable Drive on multiple Mac Computers for graphics work and back-ups. These Macs are G4, G5, Intel Mac, MacPro. I use USB, Firewire 400, Firewire 800. Sometimes I use it over the network. It has been excellent right out of the box. It is a little pricey compared to other drives, but I have had difficulty reformatting drives made for windows and using them with multiple different macs. This has been excellent right out of the box.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Easy To Collaborate Across Programs
- Easy to Customize
- Easy to Navigate
- Versatile
Cons
Best Uses
- Multimedia
Comments about G-Technology 750GB G-DRIVE mini High-Speed Portable Drive:
I purchased this drive to assist me in the transition from a PC to a new iMac.
I moved all my files from another flash drive to this one and the transition was fast and flawless.
I could have reformatted this drive and avaided the other flash drive all together, but I got a little lazy. However, that is one of it's great features.
I am also using it as a Thunderbolt backup drive, and it seems to be working very well.
It is a well built component with a very sleek design.
I am very happy with it's perfomance and design.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Versatile
Cons
Best Uses
- Multimedia
Comments about G-Technology 750GB G-DRIVE mini High-Speed Portable Drive:
Just like their larger brothers the mini G-drive is great. Tiny, yet rugged and I appreciate the small carrying case they come with.
I'll likely pick up a couple more of these in the future.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
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What's in the Box
- FireWire-800 Cable
- FireWire-800 to FireWire-400 Cable
- USB 2.0 Cable
- Protective Carrying Case
- CD w/ Documentation
- 3-Year Limited Warranty
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