G-Technology G-Drive Slim review review: A hard drive with MacBook Air written all over it

G-Technology's G-Drive Slim is the latest in a trend of ultrathin USB 3.0-based portable external hard drives on the market, directly competing with Seagate's GoFlex Slim and WD's My Passport Edge.

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G-Technology G-Drive Slim review

The Good

The <b>G-Technology G-Drive Slim</b> offers fast performance and a nice design for a relatively friendly price.

The Bad

The G-Drive Slim could be a little more compact, and it doesn't come with any bundled software.

The Bottom Line

Those with a notebook computer, especially a MacBook Air, will find the G-Drive Slim a very good companion.

And the new G-Drive is indeed very slim, almost as thin as the GoFlex, but it's clearly wider and longer than the My Passport Edge. Still, it definitely belongs to the small group of compact portable drives currently on the market. The new drive supports USB 3.0 and showed very good performance in my testing. That, plus its sturdy build and the affordable price of around $90 for 500GB, makes it an excellent buy for mobile users, especially MacBook Air owners.

But you can use the G-Drive Slim with any computer, including Windows machines, as long as you know how to reformat it. If you want a drive to use with Windows right out of the box, I'd recommend the GoFlex Slim or the My Passport Edge.