Comparing to other External hard drive companies I observed that Toshiba Canvio 2.5 Inch 500 Gb External Hard Drive has a good data transfer rate as well as it looks great and slim in size. Easily detects in older generations PCs. Its data cable and data port is also good enough. No loose fittings of the data cable. Price is also less. Trust of Toshiba as we know it is best in its quality and life of the products. I recommend this to many of my friends and some of them also bought this and completely satisfied with its performance.