http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/ Engadget Comments for LaCie gets minimalist with its latest external hard drives http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/
I just wish La Cie would include software like Maxtor. I want a "one touch" solution in a simple, efficient design.]]>Dec 6th 2007 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/
If you're on Windows and want a more elegant backups, the Microsoft Download Center has a decent syncing tool called SyncToy that's very user-friendly for getting files on to EHDs.]]>Dec 6th 2007 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 7th 2007 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/
I love the style of the HD but reliability problems of the past are scaring me a little. Truly beautiful though...just add the damn high speed interfaces! (FW800 or eSata)]]>Dec 6th 2007 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/
500GB:
http://www.lacie.com/ca/products/product.htm?pid=11014

750GB:
http://www.lacie.com/ca/products/product.htm?pid=11015

The drive also comes with 2 year warranty.
What is also missing in this article is that the 320GB and 500GB only has 8MB of cache, then the 750 and 1TB has 16MB of cache
]]>Dec 6th 2007 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/
I've had several of their inexpensive Porsche designs drives, and have found them prone to overheating. (They have a grill and a spot for a fan, but mine don't have fans. They also don't automatically spin down after X minutes on inactivity.) This design looks like a shiny black version of the "gunmetal" plastic Porsche version; hopefully they included a fan and a better controller board. Can't bitch too much, though, since the drive & enclosure cost less than a naked drive.

]]>Dec 6th 2007 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/
It is nice looking, but these fanless drives get super hot if you stack them. I had two of their Porsche drives and two of them stacked together got so hot, I couldn't even touch them!

I like the new WD MyBook redesign better.]]>Dec 6th 2007 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 6th 2007 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/By the way, the all spark comment displayed an utter lack of comedic value.]]>Dec 6th 2007 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/
It's very cheap; I hope it's as much of a workhorse as my LaCie d2.]]>Dec 6th 2007 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/
Check the website.

While this new Poulton designed drive is USB only, LaCie have other models that have a variety of interfaces.

As for drives failing:
- disconcerting to say the least, bu no vendor guarantees data recovery if a drive fails

Here is a guide to commenting on future drive announcements:

- Vendor _______ sucks, and I'm going to purchase a drive from vendor _______; I've heard they are much better but I don't have any personal experience. My original drive failed after ________ days/weeks/months and that was my only copy of my valuable data.

- Vendor ______ is great! I've never lost anything after several years of happy operation.

- Buying a name brand drive is for losers. Simply buy a bare drive from ______ and slap it into a cool box you can purchase anywhere.

- Anybody can design a __________ (pick your favorite color) disk drive. What's so cool about this one?]]>Dec 7th 2007 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/
The design is so clean otherwise, instead they could've placed the name in VERY small capital letters (spaced apart further than normal) on the front in some really cool font, and then had them light up in blue. That would've looked much nicer than that tacky, misplaced badge.

With that said, I hope these drives last longer than their warranty. The drives in my laptops have lasted much longer than that.]]>Dec 7th 2007 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/lacie-gets-minimalist-with-its-latest-external-hard-drives/Dec 7th 2007 2:21PM