LaCie Desktop Hard Disk 301285U 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive by Lacie
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Digital camera reviews of LaCie Desktop Hard Disk 301285U 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive
Digital camera Review: Great capacity for a good price
Summary: 4 Stars
This only thing that bother me with this hard drive is that there is no switch button, so it has to be plugged in before connecting it to the computer via an usb port. If not, the computer will not recognize the device and you will have to unplug and plug the hard drive again to the electric plug...Digital camera Review: Great drive for a great price
Summary: 5 Stars
Hi.
I bought this drive about a month ago, and it has been as good as advertised, if not better.
I use it for two purposes. First as a "Time Machine" backup drive for my MacBook, and as the primary drive for my iTunes library. It has performed both functions flawlessly.
One of the many great features I like about it is that it goes to "sleep" along with the rest of the system I have it hooked up to (the computer and my home theater) when it's not being used. So if I happen to fall asleep in the middle of movie being streamed from iTunes, once the movie is done, my laptap goes to sleep, and the drive stops spinning. Once I press a button on the laptop or the remote, the whole thing starts up again. So it's a nice addition to my computer-based theater system.
The price can't be beat. Amazon had the lowest price of all the companies I checked (sort of...the price was just a little higher than the MacMall, but Amazon had free shipping, making their price the net-lowest). Considering my brother bought a LaCie 160 GB drive a couple of years ago for almost $200, it's an outstanding value for the price.
The USB cable could stand to be just a bit longer.
==>Pete
Digital camera Review: Great external drive
Summary: 5 Stars
Hooks up easily. Works. Runs fairly quietly. File system easily changed from FAT32 to NTFS. Couldn't ask for more for the money.Digital camera Review: Great for PS3
Summary: 5 Stars
I use this as an external HDD for my PS3. It works great. Since it comes FAT32 preformatted, it connects flawlessly to the PS3 as well as my laptop.
Its been 5 months since I bought it and its been awesome so far.
Digital camera Review: Great hard disk for backups,etc.
Summary: 4 Stars
In my opinion, the LaCie 301285U works perfect: I use it to make daily/weekly backups of my web design works and haven't had any problem until now. Works smoothly with NAS's and although it's not the best option to carry it when you are traveling etc (not very small and heavy in my personal opinion), it's a perfect solution for keeping your important stuff safe.
Only thing I don't like at all is that sometimes it has a little but noticeable noise inside, like when those old HDD's on computers were installing software etc..