Buffalo Technology has announced a whole range of new portable harddrives, which looks rather ordaniary at a first glance, but when you look under the hood you find a special controller chip which together with a specialized driver will outperform current USB 2.0 products. TurboUSB will namely reduce file transfer overhead and improve the transfer rate. The company claims the new harddrive will sport up to 64 percent better performance in the 2.5″ range, known as MiniStation, and up to 37 % faster with the 3.5″ models, DriveStation.
The new and faster harddrives will cost $100 for the 2.5″ 80 GB model, and $315 for the 300 GB model. The 3.5″ models are available in capacities up to 1TB ($533), but can also be had for as little as $122 and 240 GB.
Buffalo MiniStation
Buffalo DriveStation
