G-DRIVE: The G-DRIVE is a professional-strength external hard drive in a single-drive desktop solution.

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The G-Technology G-DRIVE slim and G-DRIVE mobile external drive family will be available in Apple Stores in July.

ENGADGET: G-Technology kicks out USB 3.0 G-Drives for Macs, keeps your Retina MacBook Pro well-fed

The G-DRIVE and G-RAID solutions will be available in August 2012.

ENGADGET: G-Technology kicks out USB 3.0 G-Drives for Macs, keeps your Retina MacBook Pro well-fed

The G-DRIVE mini and G-RAID mini solutions will be available in Q3 2012.

ENGADGET: G-Technology kicks out USB 3.0 G-Drives for Macs, keeps your Retina MacBook Pro well-fed

Featuring a 2.5-inch 7, 200 RPM hard drive, the G-DRIVE mini is the high-performance solution designed specially with the content creator in mind.

ENGADGET: G-Technology kicks out USB 3.0 G-Drives for Macs, keeps your Retina MacBook Pro well-fed

Minutiae aside, we're still pretty pumped about the G-DRIVE mini and G-RAID mini, both of which house 2.5-inch SSDs that promise to operate in a cooler, quieter fashion.

ENGADGET: G-Technology's external G-DRIVE mini / G-RAID mini appear with SSDs within

Rugged on the inside, the Hitachi Travelstar Z5K320 drive gives the G-DRIVE slim superior operating shock protection and quiet acoustics for use in the home, in the office or on the road.

ENGADGET: Hitachi GST's G-Drive Slim: world's thinnest 2.5-inch external hard drive

The G-DRIVE mini solution is perfect for storing important documents, music, digital video and photo files.

ENGADGET: G-Technology updates G-Drive mini and G-Raid mini with 1TB HGST Travelstar hard drives

The G-DRIVE solution features fast 7, 200 RPM drives and a fan-less cooling system for a quiet operation.

ENGADGET: G-Technology kicks out USB 3.0 G-Drives for Macs, keeps your Retina MacBook Pro well-fed

Formatted for Macs with simple plug n' play connectivity, the G-DRIVE slim is Time Machine(R) ready for added backup protection.

ENGADGET: Hitachi GST's G-Drive Slim: world's thinnest 2.5-inch external hard drive

The new G-Technology G-DRIVE slim comes with a three-year limited warranty and is currently available online and at Apple Retail Stores.

ENGADGET: Hitachi GST's G-Drive Slim: world's thinnest 2.5-inch external hard drive

Because of G-Technology's ongoing commitment to quality, the G-DRIVE slim can be easily stowed and transported in a purse, backpack or briefcase.

ENGADGET: Hitachi GST's G-Drive Slim: world's thinnest 2.5-inch external hard drive

On the outside, the G-DRIVE slim's solid aluminum enclosure acts as a heat sink, keeping the internal drive cool and data protected.

ENGADGET: Hitachi GST's G-Drive Slim: world's thinnest 2.5-inch external hard drive

Featuring a high-performance USB 3.0 interface and a thin design, the G-DRIVE slim is the Mac user's sleekest answer to superior data storage.

ENGADGET: G-Technology kicks out USB 3.0 G-Drives for Macs, keeps your Retina MacBook Pro well-fed

The new G-DRIVE slim leverages Hitachi GST's rugged, 7mm Travelstar(TM) Z5K320 drive, making it the thinnest, 2.5-inch external hard drive in the world.

ENGADGET: Hitachi GST's G-Drive Slim: world's thinnest 2.5-inch external hard drive

The G-DRIVE mobile USB 3.0 offers simple USB 3.0 only.

ENGADGET: G-Technology kicks out USB 3.0 G-Drives for Macs, keeps your Retina MacBook Pro well-fed

"Our new G-DRIVE slim is yet another way that we're making high quality storage more accessible and affordable for consumers, " said Mike Williams, vice president and general manager, Hitachi GST Branded Business.

ENGADGET: Hitachi GST's G-Drive Slim: world's thinnest 2.5-inch external hard drive

Perfect for users demanding high performance and high capacity from their portable storage device, the G-Technology G-DRIVE mini features a sleek compact and durable all-aluminum enclosure and storage capacities up to 1TB using HGST Travelstar 7, 200 RPM drives.

ENGADGET: G-Technology updates G-Drive mini and G-Raid mini with 1TB HGST Travelstar hard drives

Just in time for the holidays, and making a perfect external storage companion to the Apple(R) Macbook(R), MacBook(TM) Pro or Macbook Air(TM), the new G-DRIVE slim external hard drive gives users 320GB of storage and ubiquitous USB 2.0 connectivity in an amazingly slim form factor.

ENGADGET: Hitachi GST's G-Drive Slim: world's thinnest 2.5-inch external hard drive

This means that users can now transfer two full-length movies from a G-Technology USB 3.0 drive to a computer in minutes.

ENGADGET: G-Technology kicks out USB 3.0 G-Drives for Macs, keeps your Retina MacBook Pro well-fed

The new drive is designed from the inside out to emulate G-Technology's known quality and style for the Apple Mac market, providing simple, reliable and affordable external storage for college students, business professionals and consumers on the go.

ENGADGET: Hitachi GST's G-Drive Slim: world's thinnest 2.5-inch external hard drive

Many users that have historically may have not had computing devices (e.g. nurses, retail sales, etc.) are now being given access to devices and applications to drive new productivities.

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