New Plextor External HDs “Shock Proof”

Plextor's new line of external hard drives comes with a silicon jacket bumper which reportedly protects the drive from crashing if it is dropped.

Plextor today said they were making available a new family of shock proof portable hard drives. The new PX-SP product line, consisting of 80 GB (PX-SP08U) and 120 GB (PX-SP12U) models and priced at $169 and $260 respectively, are designed to work with both Windows and Mac based computers.

The external PX-SP hard drives, said Plextor, make use of a specially designed silicon jacket bumper that reportedly helps keep the drive from crashing if it is dropped. The storage device, which measures 3.3