THE CANVIO DESK 4TB

We were a bit surprised to see that the matte & glossy enclosure used with the Canvio Desk line is actually one of the most compact ones we've ever seen.

To showcase that we placed it next to the HGST Touro Desk 4TB 3.5" HDD, Silicon Power A80 2TB 2.5" HDD and the Seagate Slim 1TB 2.5" HDD.

Toshiba has placed their logo on the lower left corner of both sides.

A small round activity LED (blue) is placed on the lower end of the fascia (or on the far left if you place the Canvio Desk horizontally).

The USB 3.0 host port and the DC power in are both placed at the rear (unfortunately no on/off switch).

As you can see the Canvio Desk has 4 rubber feet on two areas allowing the user to position it either vertically or horizontally.

Horizontal positioning looks nice but i think that due to the perforated sections vertical placement should be better.

The MD04ACA400 is a 3.5" SATA III HDD that features a rotational speed of 7200RPM and 128MB of cache.