USB 2.0 - 7200 rpm - 8 MB Buffer - MPN: 301302U See Product Details
Description
The user-friendly LaCie Hard Drive, Design by Neil Poulton adds sophisticated style to your desktop yet its presence is quiet and unobtrusive. It has a unique distinguishing feature - a cool, blue LED strip on its underside that creates an ambient glow. Its subtle, all-black design blends perfectly into dark home entertainment setups and workstations. Very small for its vast capacity, this lightweight, compact drive has a fashionable, mirror-polished finish. The smartly engineered design allows for heat dissipation and near-silent, fanless operation. With Hi-Speed USB 2.0, this efficient hard drive makes a great companion to your PC or Mac. Setup is nearly effortless; it's plug & play and offers customizable formatting.
Quick Glance
Internal/External: External
Interface: USB 2.0
Drive Width: 3.5
Drive Type: Hard Drive
Capacity: 500000
Rotational Speed: 7200
Cache Size: 8
Summary
Product Title: LaCie 500 GB External Hard Drive
Manufacturer: LaCie
Power Score: 4.5 | 6 Reviews
Storage
Capacity: 500 GB
Interface
Interface Type: USB 2.0
Interface Connection: USB
Performance
Drive Type: Hard Drive
Rotational Speed: 7200 rpm
Cache Size: 8 MB
Sustained Transfer Rate: 35 MBytes/sec
General
Internal/External: External
Form Factor Width: 3.5
Dimensions
Weight: 2.09 lbs
Dimensions: 1.77" Height x 4.61" Width x 7.60" Depth
Warranty
Warranty Information: 2 Year Limited
More Info
URL: Manufacturer Link
Additional Specifications
Software Included: LaCie '1-Click' Backup Software (Windows & Mac) LaCie SilverKeeper Backup Software (Mac) User Manual
Hot Swappable: Yes
Strengths: Very easy installation
Weakness: No found so far
Instructions included are labeled Quick Install Guide, they are just that. quick, easy to follow and the the drive shows just like it is supposed to on my XP machine. I was pleased the drive is smaller in footprint than some of its capacity and operated very quietly. The blue light underneath is a pleasant little glow on the decktop.
Strengths: American product, EXCELLENT US-based technical support, 2 year warranty, clean compact design, quiet, on/off switch.
Weakness: None that I've found so far.
I was attracted to LaCie because they're an American company, located here in Oregon. Their tech support is also here in Oregon, not outsourced to a foreign call center (at least as of this date). I compared this model (301302U) to LaCie's other 500GB external model (301285U). The determining factors (for me) were the warranty and a power switch - Warranty: The Neil Poulton model has a 2-year...
Strengths: Setup easy. Compact. Backup Software included. On/Off Switch. Lots of storage space.
Weakness: None
Nice design. Using drive as a backup drive. This one comes with software preloaded on the drive. No CD-Rom needed. Setup was very easy right out of the box. Once setup backing up your files is very straight forward. Once click on the icon does it all. It has a stylish blue light to tell you it is on. We dont actually keep it running all the time - Only when doing backups. It has an on/off switch...
The LaCie Hard Disk is a 500GB, 750GB or 1TB external hard drive which comes in two versions. The basic version has only a USB 2.0 connection and therefor a maximum transfer rate of 35MB/s whereas the expanded version has USB 2.0, two Firewire 400 ports, and 1.5Gbits/s eSATA which boosts the maximum data transfer to 80MB/s. An elegant black mirror-polished design by Neil Poulton includes an...
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Strengths: Very well designed and attractive. For Mac users, set up is virtually instantaneous, using Time Machine, after which, it pretty much takes care of itself. It can be partitioned, if you so choose.
Weakness: Don't know of any.
I bought the LaCie 500GB because, after much reading, it seemed to be the best choice for backing up my iMac. Installation and start up were a breeze - maybe 10 minutes.