SimpleTech external HDDs designed by Pininfarina
By Paul Miller 
posted Jun 8th 2006 7:30PM
posted Jun 8th 2006 7:30PM
We've never really felt the specific urge to have the plastic casing that houses our data be designed by a company like Pininfarina -- the same people who designed cars such as the Ferrari 575M Maranello, Jaguar XJ-S and Volvo C70. If, however, such design standards strike your fancy, SimpleTech is offering up some portable USB 2.0 drives that could do the trick. They range from the $110 40GB version to the $180 100GB version, and all spin their disks at 5400RPM with 8MB of cache.[Via The Gadget Weblog]
the LACIE ones Porsche designed look way better than these
If they could release a 20GB drive for around $80 or so, I'd pick one up, attach it to my future Wii, and store all my save games/Virtual Console downloads there.
I think those LEGO drive by lacie were more on the mark too. As far a designer HD cases go, which isn't that far really.
dude, desides...
I built for myself an 80 gig drive for 80 bucks... 20 gig wouldnt run you much more than about 30 bucks for the drive and another 20 for the case...
you got ripped off, i have a 300gig i built for $100...80 for the harddrive, 20 for the case
Whether he got ripped off depends on what kind of hard drive he got. 80 bucks isn't bad for a 2.5-inch rig. At 300GB for 80, you obviously used a 3.5 inch hard drive.
Sorry. Lacie's a shapeless box, proving less is less. This at least has some bite. You youngsters ... you're getting more and more conservative each and every day. Check out nature- it's not just a "brushed aluminum" world. :)
Yeah, because red enamel is so nature-y, right dave?
Gee, Lee, guess so ...
http://images.art.com/images/products/large/11737000/11737155.jpg
@ Larry
dude, sorry i didnt mention it's a bus powered lappy drive im talking about, im assuming your monstrocity needs a power supply?
PWNED!!!