LaCie 119

Advantages: complete connection ports for easy use, Windows & Mac compatible
Disadvantages: fanless, may be a heat issue

...From my personal opinion, the very first word that will pop up from your head if you heard LaCie... Overpriced.. I mean seriously, what does this brand offer compared to other competitors.. But I got to admit, this Quadra HDD is quite a great offer..!! Features Quadra is for Four connectivity that this device have. 1. firewire 400 2. Firewire 800, 3. eSata, 4. USB 2.0. Each port has its own advantages and disadvantages. It depends on the files you are transfering (size and how many files). LaCie D2 Quadra is a fanless vertical upright enclosure, so definitely a quiet external Hard Drive. So the cooling of the HDD really depends on the aluminum casing. The Inside 500GB of capacity should be more than enough to store your favorite movies, musics and your work files. Surely best for backing up your files also. The Hard... Read review

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Advantages: Capacity, looks, decent manual, cheap
Disadvantages: A bit slow, a lot to lose in one go

...With people starting to amass more and more data on their PCs, the old methods of backup such as tape or CD & DVD are becoming woefully inadequate. As a result, by far the most cost efficient method for either storing data or backing it up is the external hard drive. That said, 1TB or 1 Terrabyte is a crazy amount of space and the sort of storage that would have kept a multinational company ticking over nicely ten years ago. The LaCie (pronounced Lassie, like the dog) 1TB unit is a reasonably basic device that only has a USB2 (although USB1 is supported) interface and comes with a suitable lead, external power supply and software CD. It can work with both PCs and Macs although by default it's formatted for PC use so Mac users will need to reformat it first but that's no hardship really. On first opening the box, it looks really... Read review

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Advantages: none
Disadvantages: brokes and burns everything is connected to it

...My incredible story with a Raid LaCie Biggest Quadra Fw 800. I bought a Raid LaCie Biggest Quadra Fw 800 in June 2007 at Ktuin store(the biggest retailer of Mac and LaCie in Spain) in Madrid Calle Orense for 1079,00€. As soon as I took it out from the box and I connetted it to my Powerbook G4 and my MacPro the drive burn them out. Some smoke came out from the firewire socket. Three months later LaCie gave me a new Raid LaCie Biggets Quadra Fw 800.They didn't pay anything for the damage caused to my 2 computers. Luckily the Macpro was still in warranty. Mac fixed it for free but still I had to pay 700€ to fix the Powerbook. Well, I put the brand new Raid LaCie Biggest Quadra Fw800 on my desk and I saved there all my last 5 years of work as a photographer. I also configurated it in raid 5. I didn't make any back up because: 1) I... Read review

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