WEBVTT 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:07.279 So today's unboxing is a pretty unique product. I've never seen anything like 00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:10.080 this. It involves five boxes for one 00:00:07.279 --> 00:00:14.080 thing. And this is the Seagate Free Agent Gooflex 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:20.320 ultra portable drive. Now when this was first explained to me, um it was 00:00:17.119 --> 00:00:22.560 basically said that it's a an external 00:00:20.320 --> 00:00:26.160 hard drive that doesn't come with any cables. And I went, well, that's not 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:29.119 really very innovative, is it? But it's actually a little bit different from 00:00:27.279 --> 00:00:33.600 that. What it is is it's an external hard drive that doesn't have an 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:39.680 interface. So, it actually has a modular interface and the bridge chip and cable 00:00:36.160 --> 00:00:42.000 is all part of one adapter. So, here why 00:00:39.680 --> 00:00:47.680 don't we take the ESAT one for example and let's open this up really quick. So, 00:00:44.559 --> 00:00:50.640 oh, I sure wish I had a knife today, but 00:00:47.680 --> 00:00:54.879 I appear to not have one. So, what I'll be doing is I'll just be kind of like 00:00:52.239 --> 00:01:00.320 shredding the boxes open because that is how I roll. So, let's just open that up. 00:00:57.760 --> 00:01:05.040 There we go. So, this is the ESATA one, and it's advertised right here as up to 00:01:02.480 --> 00:01:10.400 six times faster than USB 2. So, this is for Glex and Goflex Pro ultra portable 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:14.799 drives. Okay. So, right here, this is what it looks like. This is a powered 00:01:12.880 --> 00:01:19.280 ESATA port, I believe. Yep. This is a powered ESATA port. So, as long as you 00:01:16.479 --> 00:01:23.040 have powered ESATA, then all you do is you plug this into the back of the 00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:26.479 drive. So, it's got a SATA interface right there. Plugs in, clips in with the 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:31.600 clips right here. And then you've got an ESATA cable and that's it. So the whole 00:01:28.880 --> 00:01:35.680 thing is is all attached as one unit rather than having a hard drive 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:38.880 enclosure and then a bunch of interfaces on the back that you plug cables into. 00:01:37.360 --> 00:01:42.880 So this way you'll never lose the cable, I guess, is one benefit. Okay, so why 00:01:40.960 --> 00:01:50.399 don't we do the next one? This is USB 3.0. So this is a USB 3.0 to SATA 00:01:47.200 --> 00:01:52.960 adapter and bridge chip. So the chip is 00:01:50.399 --> 00:01:56.640 actually inside here. So, it's inside the bottom of this and then you just 00:01:54.560 --> 00:02:01.840 plug in your SATA and then it goes right to a USB 3 port. Now, USB 3 actually 00:01:59.920 --> 00:02:05.680 provides a substantial amount more power than USB 2 did. So, it should be no 00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:10.720 problem to power a 2 and 1/2 in drive off a USB 3 port. I believe it's what is 00:02:09.200 --> 00:02:14.800 it? I think it's three times the power of USB 2, although I could be wrong. I 00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:21.040 could be mistaken. The next one we have is the USB 3.0 kit. So, what makes it a 00:02:18.319 --> 00:02:27.120 kit? It's an upgrade cable kit. includes everything you need to upgrade your 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:29.280 laptop to USB 3. So, this is not only 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:32.879 the H. Okay, why don't we see what this is? So, first of all, you've got the 00:02:31.040 --> 00:02:37.599 same cable we had last time. So, you got a USB 3 end there, and then you have a 00:02:35.760 --> 00:02:43.040 SATA interface here, both power and data. And then in the back, you have a 00:02:41.440 --> 00:02:48.080 manual. You know, they probably all come with manuals. These talk about your warranty. It's in about 25 different 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:52.000 languages. Then you've got a quick start guide. Okay. So, there's an express card 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:55.840 in here somewhere. Where is it? Oh, here it is. So, in the back of the plastic 00:02:54.319 --> 00:03:00.000 tray, there's an express card for your laptop. 00:02:57.920 --> 00:03:05.840 So, you can upgrade your laptop to USB 3.0 and then you can plug it in. 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:11.680 Oh, okay. This is interesting. Okay, so the laptop will actually need external 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:14.959 power from a USB port and then you will 00:03:11.680 --> 00:03:17.760 use that as well as the power coming 00:03:14.959 --> 00:03:21.840 from the Express Card port. So you plug Okay, here here's how this works. You 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:25.760 plug this in here. You get one USB 3 port. This plugs into a USB 2 port. So 00:03:24.239 --> 00:03:30.879 you're taking power here and you're taking power here. And that's what's going to run that port. So that would be 00:03:29.200 --> 00:03:36.239 a good one if your laptop does not already support USB3, which most of them 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:38.640 out there do not right now. So then last 00:03:36.239 --> 00:03:45.040 but not least for interfaces, we have FireWire 800. And I actually don't know 00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:47.440 if FireWire 800 provides um decent 00:03:45.040 --> 00:03:52.560 power, but they're advertising FireWire 800 as up to two times faster than USB 00:03:49.840 --> 00:03:57.519 2.0. And it looks like they've managed to find a way to make FireWire 800 00:03:54.799 --> 00:04:02.400 deliver power for the drive because I don't see any external power adapter. 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:08.319 All right, there we finally did it. We unboxed all of the different 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:10.480 adapters that you can have. Yeah, see I 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:15.120 dropped one. So, they all are identical on this end. They are all just SATA 00:04:12.959 --> 00:04:20.079 power, SATA data. And then at the other end, we have a couple USB 3.0. We've got 00:04:17.840 --> 00:04:24.240 an ESATA, and we have a FireWire 800. So, these are all much faster than USB 00:04:22.079 --> 00:04:28.000 2.0. But that doesn't mean that if you buy the Gooflex that you're just um 00:04:26.400 --> 00:04:32.560 stuck with no way to plug it in. It actually comes with a USB 2.0 adapter. 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:36.560 So, that means you can buy it for the price of a regular USB 2.0 no drive, but 00:04:34.960 --> 00:04:40.880 if you have higherend hardware that allows you to take advantage of uh 00:04:38.960 --> 00:04:44.240 faster transfer speeds, then you just plug it in. So, this is a 1 TBTE drive. 00:04:43.199 --> 00:04:48.880 Actually, you know what? Let's spend a little bit of time on this. So, it's USB 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:52.720 3.0 upgradeable. They're calling it the world's most upgradable hard drive. It 00:04:50.960 --> 00:04:57.919 comes with easy backup software as well as secure data encryption. 00:04:55.040 --> 00:05:02.320 Ultra portable. It's 1 TBTE USB 2.0. It's plug-and-play. Inside the box, 00:04:59.919 --> 00:05:06.320 you've got the GOX ultra portable drive backup with encryption software 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:10.800 preloaded NTFS driver for Mac preloaded on the drive. You have the USB 2.0 00:05:08.639 --> 00:05:16.479 interface adapter as well as an 18-in USB 2.0 cable, a quick start guide, and 00:05:13.280 --> 00:05:19.440 a 2-year limited warranty. Uh, I think 00:05:16.479 --> 00:05:23.680 that pretty much covers everything here. Upgrades your digital life, add-on 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:30.160 accessories sold separately. Okay. Okay. So, let's get it open then 00:05:26.320 --> 00:05:33.600 and have a look at what is inside. 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:35.600 So, this is the Free Agent Gorlex. I 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:38.800 don't think No, this isn't the Pro one. So, I don't actually know what the 00:05:36.960 --> 00:05:42.400 difference is between the Pro one and the not Pro one. And apparently, oh, I 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:47.600 thought the cameraman was reaching for a snack there, but it turns out that that 00:05:44.560 --> 00:05:50.320 is not what is going on. Okay, so it 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:55.199 comes wrapped in plastic and it's very, very shiny. So that's uh a shiny 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:59.120 enclosure. So what I'm guessing, and this is a pretty safe guess, is that 00:05:57.039 --> 00:06:03.280 there are actually two 2 and 1/2 in drives inside here. Two 500 gig drives. 00:06:01.680 --> 00:06:07.280 And that's what gives you the 1 TBTE capacity. You got a Seagate logo here. 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:12.240 And then the sides are just kind of a standard uh shiny plastic. And then on 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:15.120 the bottom, it's matte. So that way when you actually put it down on the desk, 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:19.759 which is how you're likely going to use it, you're not going to scratch it up 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:23.520 too bad. as long as you're careful to um protect the top, which is probably 00:06:21.919 --> 00:06:27.039 pretty easy to scratch and a bit of a fingerprint magnet, but what can you 00:06:25.039 --> 00:06:31.360 really do? So, here we are. Here's our USB 2.0 00:06:29.520 --> 00:06:36.720 interface cable. And this is going to show us how to plug in the modular 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:40.880 interface cable. So, just take the plastic covering off here so that I can 00:06:38.880 --> 00:06:46.400 show it to you in its shiny plastic glory. It's actually feels quite well 00:06:43.280 --> 00:06:49.919 built. It's quite um like it feels solid 00:06:46.400 --> 00:06:51.360 without feeling overly heavy and yeah, 00:06:49.919 --> 00:06:58.160 it doesn't move around or anything. So, that's a good sign. So, you just plug that in like that and then it looks like 00:06:55.440 --> 00:07:03.120 that. There's your USB 2.0 Oh, that's interesting. Hold on. Oh, that's weird. 00:07:00.880 --> 00:07:09.120 None of the other ones um actually have a removable cable, but the USB 2.0 one 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:12.720 does. So, there you go. For whatever reason, uh let me just double check 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:16.319 that. Yeah, none of the other ones have that, but this one does. So, why don't 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:20.720 we just sort of plug it in and see if it works. 00:07:17.840 --> 00:07:28.039 Plug it into my computer here. Take it one step further than I normally do in 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:28.039 an unboxing. Put that on the ground. 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:35.759 There we go. It works. Excellent. So, 00:07:33.039 --> 00:07:40.639 now that I have absolutely no room on my desk to move my mouse, I will attempt to 00:07:38.400 --> 00:07:45.759 use my computer. So, it comes with a bunch of stuff on it. It comes with a 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:47.919 USB 3.0 PC card adapter driver folder. 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:54.800 It comes with a Seagate folder, which is registration as well as the Seagate 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:56.800 dashboard. And then it also has a setup, 00:07:54.800 --> 00:08:00.319 which is may or may not be for Mac because there's a Mac installer. DMG and 00:07:58.720 --> 00:08:04.960 I don't know how to install stuff on a Mac. I forgive me please. And then 00:08:02.479 --> 00:08:08.319 there's also Goflex. So, that's just an icon. So, why don't we run setup and see 00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:12.960 what happens? Feel free to tune out at any time. The unboxing is over. Thank you for watching my unboxing. Don't 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:17.440 forget to subscribe and all that good stuff. But then um beyond that, I guess 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:22.639 we can also register our product or we can not do that. Uh never register this 00:08:19.840 --> 00:08:28.000 drive. And then oh okay, it wants to find Seagate dashboard.exe. 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:34.240 Okay. So, what I think I've managed to do is screw it up already within about 2 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:38.640 seconds of plugging it into my computer, which is a big part of the reason I 00:08:35.760 --> 00:08:45.600 often do not try to use the product on camera because usually I screw it up 00:08:43.599 --> 00:08:48.000 and Okay, I plugged it back in. So, we're going to go back into the Seagate 00:08:46.959 --> 00:08:53.200 folder and we're going to install the Seagate dashboard this time in English, 00:08:50.640 --> 00:08:58.080 which is good. I live in the United States, sure, close enough. Okay, so 00:08:55.600 --> 00:09:02.080 here's the Mimo instant backup. Simple 60-cond backup and then Oh, you can 00:09:00.560 --> 00:09:07.440 install the instant backup which comes with it or you can install the premium 00:09:04.080 --> 00:09:10.399 backup trial. So, free trial software. 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:13.519 Okay, install. Sure. Doesn't take very long to set up by the 00:09:11.839 --> 00:09:19.040 look of things. My cat really likes this drive though. You can see that he's 00:09:15.680 --> 00:09:21.920 decided that it is his to lord over here 00:09:19.040 --> 00:09:29.160 because it's shiny. And oh, he also likes the plastic. 00:09:25.040 --> 00:09:29.160 Yeah, he wants to fight it. 00:09:29.760 --> 00:09:37.680 There you go. Okay. And it's not done installing yet. So, my distraction has 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:39.440 completely failed. 00:09:37.680 --> 00:09:42.800 Oh, now he's attacking it some more. You 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:46.399 know what? Forget it. This is really boring. So, you install the software and 00:09:44.959 --> 00:09:50.720 then you use the drive. Or you don't bother installing the software and you just use the drive. Thank you for 00:09:48.959 --> 00:09:55.680 checking out my unboxing and attempt at using the product. And don't forget to 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:55.680 subscribe once again.