

GoFlex drives are compatible with Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 (32- or 64-bit) operating systems and with Mac OS X 10.4.9 or higher. The beauty of the GoFlex drives is in their flexibility. What’s so special about the Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex drives? A clue is found in the GoFlex name. There are a lot of small external drives out there. I already liked Seagate drives, and I knew that the small form factor of this disk would work better with my cramped workspace. I was thrilled when Julie asked me to review a 500GB Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Ultra-portable USB 2.0 external disk.

I’ve been lucky so far that the disk hasn’t been damaged, but I’m afraid my luck won’t hold out forever. I keep the backup drive on my sofa’s end table, and I’ve accidentally pulled it to the floor on more than one occasion while moving my laptop desk around. It’s a big disk with an external power source, and it’s too big to fit on the tiny table I use for my laptop.

That disk works well except for its size. I currently have a Seagate external drive that I use for backup. We switched to digital cameras years ago, so most of the pictures I have of my daughter and all the pictures I have of the last few years of my parents’ lives are digital. I have tons of music that I bought from iTunes or invested hours ripping from CDs. I have documents that I created or scanned in. My laptop has a lot of very important things on it. If you buy something through the links on this page, we may earn a commission at no cost to you.
