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LaCie 500 GB Big Disk Triple External Hard Drive (300721) FW/FW800 & USB2
Binding: Electronics
Brand: LaCie
EAN: 0093053307219
Hard Disk Size: 500 GB
Item Dimensions: 5516.3
Label: Lacie
Manufacturer: Lacie
Model: 300721
MPN: 300721
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lacie
Studio: Lacie
Features:- Stylish metallic enclosure crafted from sturdy aluminum alloy dissipates heat efficiently without a noisy fan
- Drive stand provides stability, allowing upright or horizontal desktop use
- Convenient, automatic on/off feature conserves energy and prolongs drive life
- Stackable design
- Compatible with Kensington-type security locks for added security
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Editorial Review:
The LaCie Big Disk is ideal for space-hungry applications, such as archiving photo image-banks and 3D images, and storing massive desktop publishing files, as well as for editing audio and uncompressed digital video files. Forget about network downtime; gigabytes can be exchanged in seconds simply by transferring a LaCie Big Disk from a computer to another. With such an unbelievably large capacity, the LaCie Big Disk is also ideal for large-scale backup among multiple users without causing network congestion.Twice the size of hard drives currently on the market, the LaCie Big Disk is a unique innovation that offers hundreds of gigabytes of storage space in a portable 5.25" format.Equipped with the FireWire interface, the LaCie Big Disk delivers fasttransfer rates of up to 400Mbits/sec to accommodate high-volume environments such as digital imaging, pre-press and post-production facilities. This drive's FireWire capabilities offer unbeatable ease of use: hot-pluggability for immediate device recognition, and there is no software installation required for Windows XP and Mac OS X users. The LaCie Big Disk can also be daisy-chained to other storage devices or with most digital audio and video devices.The LaCie Big Disk features a stylish, metallic design crafted from a sturdy aluminum alloy that dissipates heat, allowing for operation without a noisy fan. A weighted drive stand allows for upright desktop use with perfect stability, while an optional rack-mounting kit enables versatile configuration in standard 19-inch racks. The drive switches on and off together with the computer to conserve energy and provide further ease of use. For added data security, the LaCie Big Disk is also compatible with Kensington-type locks.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - MAC problems, but solved. MAC Happy!
I bought this external hard drive used off an online auction site. I was skeptical because of all the bad write up,s but because it was cheap I bought it. I am glad I did. I have had the hard drive for almost a year and had one problem, but I found a way around it. First off, I have a PowerMac G4. I have several LACIE D2 external drives with no problems. I added this one. When I first hooked it up, I transferred about 50GB of movies onto it using the 2.0 USB port. No problems. When I did it ... Read More
Rating:  - lasted 13 months
and almost took my feature film down with it. The customer service was unfriendly, unhelpful and led me up a wrong path to data recovery: believing that I could replace the shell and save the drives inside, I bought another one of those ($180) on eBay and took it to a local service who charged me $40 to look at it and told me it was RAIDed and they could not be put into a new shell. I will never buy a LaCie drive again.
Rating: - A Consistent Failure
I have had two Lacie drives. Replaced the first and the next failed also. The drive has issues with either large files or large numbers of files. Could be overheating, seems to get very hot with plenty of ventilation. Who knows?
Save your money, save your data. Life is too short. Avoid this brand.
Rating:  - For Mac User, No Problems
I am using two of these drives on each of the Mac Core Duo laptops in my office. We've had these drives for about 5 months and they see lots of use daily. We've never had a problem with them crashing or disconnecting. They are quiet, don't run hot, and transfer video data on 800 firewire hookup fast!
Basically, with the Macs, they were plug and "play". No complaints, no issues.
Rating: - Disaster
How can I describe this - it has crashed and I have lost years of family videos and photos, not to mention music.
Lacie support is poor. Disk Warrior is unable to save it.
Please do not buy this product - if you do you will only suffer for it.
Very very shoddy hardware.
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