Pros: Good read speeds.

Cons: None so far.

Pros: Worked well until it stopped being recognized by all computers

Cons: Desk weight

Pros: Still biggest single disk 2.5 drive. (March2015)
Extremely portable

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: Have 2 of these drives that read/write large files from/to them weekly. No problems. ~1.5 years

Pros: High capacity for a portable drive. USB 3.0 is much faster than USB 2.0. Nice minimalistic design. Fast and quiet.

Cons: Connector feels a little flimsy. Only 5400 rpm.

Other Thoughts: I own 5 of these and have purchased/use another 4 or 5 for other people. I really like these drives over other brands. However, the USB 3.0 connector on the case feels a little flimsy. I just had one of my drives "die", the computer wouldn't recognize it, although it would spin up and didn't make any clicking or other bad noises. I took the drive out of the case and connected it directly to a SATA port on my computer and it works fine so it was the USB controller/connector, not the drive that went bad. As others have said, the drive is 15mm high, not the standard 9.7mm, so don't expect to take it out of the case and put it in your laptop.

Pros: I like the minimalist design.

Cons: Died after about a month of intermittent use (weekend backups of small amounts of data at home). I plugged it in and the whole drive, including everything from sector 0 on through the end, was basically random mess.

Actually only holds about 1.7 when formatted (Linux ext2). Toshiba is playing the "a terabyte is 1,000,000,000,000 bytes, not 2^40 bytes!" game.

Other Thoughts: Toshiba's smaller drives have worked for me for a year or more now. I'm hoping this is just a one-off bad drive. I have two smaller Toshiba drives (1T and 1.5T) of the same series (Canvio Basics) which have lasted over a year each, so I will probably get one of those as a replacement.

Pros: Works as advertised. Fast, reliable, and sturdy.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: I bought one of these drives over a year ago, and have not had any issues with it since then. So I just bought two more. All three drives working as advertised.

Pros: considering i am using this on a usb 2 port for a build upgrade and saving files.. this this is fast. Great small form factor. Ready to use right out of the box. This will become my back drive when i complete the full build of my new machine. Backward compatabile with usb 2.0 and new machine will have 6 usb 30 slots thanks to items purchased on Egg here.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: only thing that could be a con would be a short cord but i dont even worry about that thank to myself having top usb ports. I us and USB extender cord .

Pros: High capacity (2TB) in a small portable size.
Durable construction.
Fast transfer rate.
Doesnt overheat (at least not yet).
Cable connection is sturdy.

Cons: None that I can tell so far.

People tend to complain about the length of the cable, but I think the length is a good thing. It keeps the hard drive from being placed in a position in which it could easily be knocked over.

Other Thoughts: My suggestion when you first receive the hard drive:

1) Right click, go to properties, then tools, then do an error check to make sure its operating normally.
2) Copy the files, folders, and documents from the hard drive to your computer and save in a folder in case you ever need to access the included software or warranty documents.
3) Re-format the hard drive (file system based on your operating system, default allocation unit size, uncheck quick format -- this is so it will do a thorough format, which will take some time)
4) When all is done, right click, go to properties, then tools, then do an error check to make sure everything is ok.
5) I always suggest unchecking "Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed in addition to file properties", then click apply. The next screen will ask you which folders/subfolders -- highlight all subfolders and click ok. This will keep your system from indexing the files. Indexing speeds up search times. But for external hard drives, this "speeding up" (which is initiated every time you plug up the drive) is equivalent to the amount of extra time it takes to search for files that are not indexed. So, basically you dont need this feature and it will essentially reduce resource drag on your system.

In fact, you should turn off indexing for your entire system in order to reduce resource drag. But thats just my personal opinion.

Pros: Has a nice solid feel. Case seems durable. Drive has been reliable and very quiet, so far. No issues, problems, unexpected "features", or other surprises. Light weight.

Cons: None so far. Perhaps the cable could be a little longer, but other times I like the short cable. I guess they could ship it with three cables of differing lengths. :-)

Other Thoughts: The internal mechanism is about 15mm tall. It won't fit in a laptop. So, if you're considering removing the drive from the case to get big capacity in a laptop, or a Mac Mini, it won't fit -- unless your laptop will take a 15mm drive.

Pros: Quite compact and light. Can't hear much noise. Nice indicator on it to show when it's working.

Cons: None yet. Perhaps USB cable too short.

Other Thoughts: Here's the output of a bonnie++ run:

$ sudo bonnie++ -u user -d /media/TOSHIBA -r 7908
Using uid:1002, gid:1002.
Writing a byte at a time...done
Writing intelligently...done
Rewriting...done
Reading a byte at a time...done
Reading intelligently...done
start 'em...done...done...done...done...done...
Create files in sequential order...done.
Stat files in sequential order...done.
Delete files in sequential order...done.
Create files in random order...done.
Stat files in random order...done.
Delete files in random order...done.
Version 1.97 ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-
Concurrency 1 -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--
Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP
localhost 15816M 36 26 38916 7 9607 2 4098 94 34503 1 105.5 2
Latency 265ms 299ms 133ms 8816us 24019us 1611ms
Version 1.97 ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------
localhost -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--
files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP
16 8636 18 32711 33 13366 15 9471 20 +++++ +++ 13010 15
Latency 22022us 353us 4020us 1008us 1272us 467us
1.97,1.97,localhost,1,1386412212,15816M,,36,26,38916 ,7,9607,2,4098,94,34503,1,105.5,2,16,,,,, 8636,18,32711,33,13366,15,9471,20,+++++,+++,13010,15,265ms,299ms,133ms, 8816us,24019us,1611ms,22022us,353us,4020us,1008us,1272us,467us