The drive comes with a braided USB cable, which feels classy, and the single blue activity LED is subtle enough not to prove distracting. You can disable this light altogether through Seagate’s software suite if you prefer.
In order to make such a slim drive, Seagate has used a 5mm hard disk, which spins at 5, 400RPM and has just 16MB of cache. The fact Seagate has to use such a slim drive also means the Seven is only available in one capacity, so if 500GB isn’t enough you’ll need to look for a different disk.