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So i agree w/ Gipio.]]>Apr 14th 2009 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/
Yeah, yeah I know it has eSATA, but my favorite thing about FireWire is you can daisy-chain devices.]]>Apr 14th 2009 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 14th 2009 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 14th 2009 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 14th 2009 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 14th 2009 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 14th 2009 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 14th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/
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I'm sure 'durable' may live up to it's name there.]]>Apr 14th 2009 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/
http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=10888
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For one, the case is aluminum with internal shock absorbers. That already protects the top and bottom. Second, the main point of protecting an external hard drive is against drops. It's practically a million to one shot that you'd drop a hard drive *square* on its top or bottom - completely flat. It almost never happens. 99.9999% of the time you'd drop it on some sort of edge or corner, so that's where the rubber strip is.

That said, I have one of the older versions of these drives and the rubber sticks out a bit on top and bottom - it's not completely flush with the aluminum. So even if you did drop it totally flat, the rubber would still protect it - in addition to the aluminum and the internal protection.

So yeah, it's fully protected.
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The drives themselves were good...just don't be fooled by the whole "rugged" thing]]>Apr 14th 2009 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 14th 2009 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 14th 2009 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/
For true rugged external hard drives, US Modular or Olixir offer external cases with real environmental protection.]]>Apr 14th 2009 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 14th 2009 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=11257]]>Apr 14th 2009 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 14th 2009 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 14th 2009 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 14th 2009 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 14th 2009 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 14th 2009 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 14th 2009 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 14th 2009 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 14th 2009 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 14th 2009 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/

The advantage of this one is it is rugged, but it is definitely possible to buy a 1 Tb drive for less than $100.]]>Apr 14th 2009 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/
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Otherwise get a terabyte in Staples for $135. No need for the "rugged" look when it will sit on your desk most of the time.]]>Apr 14th 2009 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/
We've had about a 50% failure rate from the standard LaCie external drives. We've had a 0% failure rate with these.
]]>Apr 14th 2009 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 14th 2009 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 14th 2009 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Maybe the CEO always hated them?


]]>Apr 14th 2009 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 15th 2009 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Although I imagine some other manufacturers might have just a powerled or combination-LED too, but it would be a bit overdoing it to find and read tons of manuals in the hope of getting a profile of what is the general trend.
]]>Apr 15th 2009 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/
It wasn't even April 1st.]]>Apr 14th 2009 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 15th 2009 12:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/
From that moment, we switched to WD and couldn't be happier.]]>Apr 15th 2009 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 14th 2009 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/
Too bad it's not really available yet... DOH!]]>Apr 14th 2009 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 14th 2009 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 15th 2009 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/lacies-rugged-xl-1tb-of-ready-for-anything-storage/Apr 15th 2009 8:59PM