Seagate Technologies proclaimed the first 3TB external desktop hard drive, which is competent of using USB 2.0, 3.0 or FireWire 800 connectivity.

The 3.5-inch 3TB Free Agent Go Flex Desk external hard drive is well-matched with equally Windows and Mac OS X systems since it contain a New Technology File System (NTFS) driver for Mac. NTFS permits the drive to store and access files from both Windows and Mac OS X PCs without reformatting.

The drive comes with a standard USB 2.0 interface contribution a 480Mbit/sec data transfer pace, but with a divide GoFlex desktop adapter it can be upgraded to USB 3.0 or FireWire 800 to boost file move performance by equal to 10 times.

USB 3.0 has data transfer speeds of equal to 4.8Gbit/sec and FireWire 800 supports transfer rates of equal to 800Mbit/sec.

"As the meaning excellence of digital cameras increases, playback devices for example digital photo frames and MP3 players reproduce and the utilize of the Internet for downloading music and video carry on to increase, more files accrue in the residence," Kurt Scherf, principle analyst for market research solid Parks Associates, said in a declaration.

"Consumers who are lively in digital media formation and expenditure will observer their digital media storage wants grow nine-fold by 2014, driving the insist for higher capacity, accessible storage answers."