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At least its outer housing is mostly metal, not plastic. It's thinner but has a little larger footprint than the other drives. I was told by the Seagate tech guys that this is simply a laptop hard drive KINGSTON FLASH MEMORY in a housing for external use, which I would assume is a cut above what's usually sold as this type device. I've personally autopsied, (after both's premature failures) a Western Digital and a SimpleTech external drive and was rather shocked at just how poorly constructed and sealed they seemed to be.
I haven't dissasembled this drive since it is still functioning perfectly, but it seems somewhat quiter and faster than the others. Of course, only time will really tell whether or not it really holds up to everyday use. So far, so good! KINGSTON FLASH MEMORY