LaCie lays out 500GB Golden Disk external HDD

Just in case LaCie's LEGO / Porsche-inspired hard drives don't excite you, the firm is apparently looking to snatch your business another way: by gilding an external HDD and waving it in your grille. The Golden Disk itself is an exclusive designed by French designer Ora-Ïto, and includes 500GB of storage, PC / Mac compatibility, a USB 2.0 interface, and LaCie's own 1-Click backup software to boot. Not much else to mention besides the price, so go on and get your $189 ready for an October landing, ya heard?

[Via Pocket-Lint]

[comrade @ Sep 11th 2007 7:33PM]

Trying desperately to come up with a Willy Wonka joke but just can't tie it to hard drives...

[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Sep 11th 2007 9:25PM]

It's won't blend like a Willy Wonka Chocolate bar will.

[Barry @ Sep 11th 2007 7:34PM]

Hmmm...If I ever want a blingin' hard drive with a not-very-impressive capacity and a not-modular design (please fire the guy who decided to make the top all warped and thus unstackable) I will pick this up. I will probably roll on dubs to Fry's to get it.

[Hastings @ Sep 11th 2007 7:35PM]

I love Gooooooold!

[Paul @ Sep 11th 2007 7:35PM]

Cool design. More artistic than ghetto, thank goodness. And not a bad price.

[Twitchy @ Sep 11th 2007 7:46PM]

I like the top design - looks like the surface of a lake. Only downside is that if I look too long at it I feel the need to pee.

[Bobo @ Sep 11th 2007 7:53PM]

Auric Goldfinger: You know nothing, Mr. Bond.

James Bond: Operation Grand Slam, for instance.

Auric Goldfinger: Two words you may have overheard, which cannot have the slightest significance to you or anyone in your organization.

James Bond: Can you afford to take that chance?

Auric Goldfinger: [thinks for a moment, then orders the laser switched off] You are quite right, Mr. Bond. You are worth more to me alive.

[a technician approaches Bond, and fires a tranquilzer dart into his chest. Bond collapses into unconsciosness]

[Wwhat @ Sep 11th 2007 8:01PM]

I wonder how this looks un-photoshopped, guess I'll have to visit a shop to find that out.

[Ian @ Sep 11th 2007 8:10PM]

I have a LaCie 500GB USB drive (the F.A. Porsche drab-gray design; not this slick & wavy gold case). It's pretty solid. However their 1-click "backup software" is relatively useless, with no incremental backups or any other refinement. It's just as easy (and more reassuring) to just use Windows Explorer to initiate the backup.

[artifex @ Sep 11th 2007 8:31PM]

Ok, not stackable and the wavy bits look like they won't line up if they're put in a grid pattern instead. Does the device even have a fan?
Definitely form over function.

[jbcaro @ Sep 11th 2007 8:43PM]

Only USB 2.0. That only wins it the Bronze.

[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Sep 11th 2007 9:30PM]

Yep, it definitely needs eSATA, 802.11, 1394b, USB 2.0 and a Gigabit Ethernet port to win my heart. Otherwise, No soup for you LaCie.



(But still cool looking)

[Fruition @ Sep 11th 2007 8:54PM]

Looks to me like it's made out of the T-1000. How do I know this thing wasn't sent back in time from the future to kill me?

[Matt @ Sep 11th 2007 9:39PM]

LEGOs are waay better.

[rigo @ Sep 11th 2007 10:01PM]

what the hey!

haven't people realized USB is TERRIBLE, firewire 800 is the way to go!

[Jim @ Sep 11th 2007 10:03PM]

I just bought by 500 GB LaCie External drive for $137 (after taxes).
So far it is working great.

[Arjy @ Sep 11th 2007 10:08PM]

Needs firewire 800

[Ty Dibble @ Sep 11th 2007 11:14PM]

looks great - can't wait!

[Mischa Lockton @ Sep 11th 2007 11:27PM]

I want one for a stash box.

[absocold @ Sep 12th 2007 1:24AM]

i agree with the firewire 800...

but gold is nice

[Beav @ Sep 12th 2007 2:35AM]

The last LaCie i bought crapped out after a month. Not planning on buying another one any time soon.

[L. Cyphre @ Sep 12th 2007 3:25AM]

Glod glod glod glod
Glod glod glod glod
Glod!

[navstar @ Sep 12th 2007 3:52AM]

How am I supposed to stack this? Does La Cie have some mystic customer data that says most people only buy one external drive?

[Mike @ Sep 12th 2007 1:09PM]

Gold drive doesn't stack. If it did, you would not see the shiny, shiny...

If you want to stack, buy something else. I'm sure Lacie has something.

[chay @ Sep 12th 2007 3:53PM]

These LaCie drives get really hot when stacked (despite the porche one being designed to be stackable.)

Perhaps this design will stop people from stacking them up and frying their data.