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LaCie 160 GB Rugged Hard Drive USB 2.0/FireWire400/FireWire800 8MB Cache | List Price: $244.35
Discount Price: $117.99
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Brand: LaCie
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 3 years warranty
Features: - Ultra durable 160 GB USB/FireWire portable storage for people on the go
- USB or FireWire powered; no bulky power adapter required
- Drop-resistant aluminum alloy shell with bumpers can withstand vertical drops of up to 35 inches
- Includes USB cable and USB power sharing cable
- Measures 3.5 x 1 x 5.7 inches (WxHxD); weighs less than 9 ounces; 2-year limited warranty
very good backup [Posted on 2008-04-29]
works well with a 1 ghz emac; should work better with a firewire 800 computer
Great until it malfunctioned... [Posted on 2008-05-06]
I bought the drive at the end of January, come the beginning of May it full on broke. Before that, it was great. 160GB, highly reliable and very portable. However one morning I plugged it into my Macbook and it wasn't recognised. I tried a different Mac and different firewire cable but came up with nothing. Next step, I called Lacie. After 30mins of being kept on hold I spoke to an adviser who unhelpfully concluded that the hard drive needed repair after a long session of 'let's try this'. Lacie have agreed to repair the drive as it is still under warranty but I they cannot retrive any of the data on the drive itself. So if you are looking for a reliable portable external hard drive I recommend you look elsewhere as this one is not worth the money, for the drive to function less than 4 months of occasional use is not really acceptable.
good stuff decent price [Posted on 2008-05-08]
i needed a hard drive and i wanted it small and semi attractive looking. if you like orange it has its funny little bumper thing. there 3 different ways to connect it to your computer so one should be right for you. i use the fire wire. it worked right away with my macbook. more difficult if you want to transfer between mac's and pc if you don't buy a certain program. sure it works fine with pc's but you might have to reformat. anyways, its pretty fast and quiet. i store my pictures and movies on it so i won't fill up my lap tops memory. i like it lot. i haven't had any problems and ive had it for about a month. i for definitely buy another one. and you can get different color bumpers for it if you don't like the orange. it comes off very easily. side note: its not all that rugged. but i did drop it once and it was fine soooo. yeah. good product
Good Rugged Drive but uses too many Ports [Posted on 2008-05-09]
I needed a small portable drive, so I bought this one. It works good but this drive is not for me. I have two problems with it and neither problem is clearly spelled out in the description.
Its formated for the Mac --- I needed one that will work on both Mac & Windows. For a mac person this is complicated to make it work on Windows --- in addition to reformatting this drive, special software needs to be installed to make it work with windows.
It must use two ports in order to operate: a USB port to supply power and another port (USB, Firewire 400, Firewire 800) for data.
To make a long story short, I bought the 3 additional portable drives that I needed from WesternDigital --- their Passport drives are smaller, use only one USB port and work on both macs and windows right out of the box.
Works as advertised [Posted on 2008-05-13]
I have had this drive for about one year. It works exactly as advertised, plug and play. No muss no fuss- plug in a SINGLE USB or FW cable (other reviews are wrong about multiple wires) and you have an extra 160 GB. I have dropped it and fallen off my bike with it in my messenger bag. I went to the doctor but it didn't. It is formatted for MAC. If you run windoz you will need to figure out how to reformat it. That should take about 10 min. There are probably faster drives around, BUT... it is easy to find in the dark and you won't drop it in the shower due to its slippery case! It is one of my most reliable least demanding electronic products. (One star off because nothing is perfect- aren't you happy you are not my student.)
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