LaCie Little Disk Design by Sam Hecht Hard drive 250 GB

Advantages: Fast transfer speed, protection from knocks and drops
Disadvantages: Fairly high price

.... The hard-drives system requirements are very basic and will function on all PC's with as little as 350 MHz of processing speed and 128 MB of ram. Again this is no worry as most people have PC's with more than enough RAM and processing power. The standard warranty for the LaCie 250 GB external hard-drive is 2 years. Which means that your hard-drive will be replaced if anything goes wrong within 2 years of purchase. The 2 year warranty applies to damages caused by accidental dropping of the device or any internal failure. Overall, the LaCie external hard-drive is a great device for taking with you on any trip, which may involve anything from social interaction to rugged adventures with friends. The only downside is the high price of the hard-drive. The LaCie hard-drive although being more expensive than other hard-drives, may prove to be more... Read review

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Advantages: Value for money, Looks, capacity
Disadvantages: Scratches, Rubber feet fall off, NO aftersales support (worth mentioning)

...LaCie have obviously marketed this external drive at the people who want both a functional computer system and a good-looking one. The drive has been designed with F. A. Porsche and has a nice minimalist look to it, a metallic grey case with all most mirrored front the drive looks great, even better when stacked with another one. With only one LED on the front your not left with loads of bright lights flashing at you when your trying to keep the room dark when playing games or movies. The drive is also very quiet to the point where you need to look at the light to ensure its still on. LaCie have released the drive in a range of sizes with a range of connection such as USB and Firewire so whatever your need you should be able to find a drive to suit. I personally purchased the 250GB as it was both the largest and best value for money... Read review

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Advantages: Extremely easy to set up and it works
Disadvantages: Power supply a bit clunky but not a real problem

...This Lacie drive looks very nice when taken out of the box - designed by Porsche - minimalist styling etc etc but that isn't worth anything unless it works. All I can say is that I had it up and running with all my data and backups from my hard disk within about 2 minutes of plugging in the USB. My PC is 3 years old running XP with all the Service packs and was slowing down because of the amount of space taken up by my old stuff - a lot of scans eBay and other stuff. My hard disk is a mere 120 GB so this neat little box has more than double its capacity. There is a CD provided with software to instal it - but I didn't even need that - plugged it in - was recognised immediately -assigned Drive letter and name LACIE and that was that. As far as the design goes it sits on the floor underneath the PC so the design doesn't matter... Read review

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