Seagate announcedthe immediate release of the 4TB GoFlex Desk external hard driveon Wednesday, claiming the title of being the first company to market with such a high capacity drive.
The GoFlex Desk will be available for order from the company’s website at the retail price of $250 starting today and will be available at online retail stores in a month from now. The drive has been given a new design that boasts of a smaller footprint, which will become standard across the entire GoFlex line of products by the end of the month.
TheGoFlex Desk hard drivesship with support for USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 and previously maxed out at 3TB. The company’sGoFlex Desk for Mac hard driveoffers similar features but comes pre-formatted in the HFS+ format and includes support for FireWire 800 instead of USB 3.0. It will also be upgraded to 4TB capacity and the newer design by the end of September, although it is unclear whether support forThunderboltwill be added.
Story byAayush Arya
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