Verbatim has launched two new external hard drives in 500GB and 1TB capacities that offer quad interfaces. The new drives will work with both Mac and PC computers. Connectivity options include USB 2.0, FireWire 400, FireWire 800, and eSATA II.

The new drives weigh 3.3 pounds and measure 8.7 x 5.9 x 1.5-inches and use 3.5-inch 7200rpm desktop hard drives inside the cases with 32MB of cache. A silent cooling fan inside the case keeps the drives cool.

The drives offer performance of up to 50MB/s on USB 2.0, 100MB/s on FireWire 400, up to 800MB/sec on FireWire 800 and up to 3GB/sec on eSATA II. The drives are available now at $179.99 for the 500GB and $249.99 for the 1TB drive.

Via Verbatim