Unboxing the Seagate GoFlex Desk 4TB external hard drive

Network World's Keith Shaw opens up the new 4TB GoFlex Desk external hard drive from Seagate and tries to explain how much storage space 4TB represents through the power of small chocolate candies.

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[nivinm]

You know, when I saw this product the first thing i asked myself was how many m&m's it translates to. -_-

Seriously? HOW MANY FILES DOES IT HOLD, is the better explanation! Moron.

[networkworld]

@nivinm We were using the comparison of about 2,000 movies at 2GB per movie - see the other comments about the actual capacity being closer to 3,700 GB. You ask "How many files does it hold?" That depends on your file size. If each file is 1 GB, then that's 3,700 files. If each file is 1MB, then it holds 3,700,000 files. Can't believe all of the M&M hate going on, next time we're using Skittles.

[ignas2526]

First of all 4TB HDD will have around 3,700GB, that's around 1850 Movies X2GB, or 740 Movies X 5GB.THERE IS NO 2TB Micro SD card, there is only a standard what supports this size. Largest Micro SD today is 64GB, 120GB coming soon. Would be nice to hear some tech specs like RPM, actuall R/W speeds(obviously it cant have maximum possible USB 3.0 speed).

[networkworld]

@ignas2526 7200 RPM drive - haven't tested this particular USB 3 speed yet (will do in the column) - when I tested the USB 3 GoFlex Turbo portable drive you get just over 100MBps of read speeds, and about 55 MBps of write speeds. Yes, the 2,000 movies at 2GB line was an estimate for the sake of showing approximately how much capacity it could hold.

[JeffTheChef14]

its okay, guy under this comment had a bad day

[HighIQuit]

i have 8TB external HDD (on 4 HHDs) i have 3.4GB left :( they all in red :/

[holdencommstra]

I have the 2tb seagate go flex free agent the old model with has a matte rubber side.this new one seems to look better but too glossy.putting gloss where the ports are isn't good cause it scratches very easy if not care ful when pluging it in.also finger prints is a big problem.

[ifuckednatalietran]

@nivinm fuck you are so stupid. how many files does it hold is like asking how long is a piece of string

[AdamantFlame]

I think i would have understood better if he used skittles -_-

[jpjy18]

I wanna eat some m&m's!!!! XD

[jimstah21]

lol what a stupid idea u have with the candy mate, why don't u demonstrate what a pile of 2,000 DVD's would look like..?? Something like single stacked, 2 meters high (as high as a average door) by 3.5 meters in length (an average bedroom wall length). Now that is a big stack of DVD cases!!! To sum it up, pretty much a whole wall stacked to the roof in DVD's

[anilraj420]

damn man i want some skittles now

[suquip]

The first thing I see