LaCie Hard Disk 1 TB FireWire 400/USB 2.0/eSATA External Hard Drive, Design by Neil Poulton 301315U by Lacie
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Digital camera reviews of LaCie Hard Disk 1 TB FireWire 400/USB 2.0/eSATA External Hard Drive, Design by Neil Poulton 301315U
Digital camera Review: Impossibly Slow Write Speed
Summary: 1 Stars
I am a devoted LaCie user. I own 5 Big Disk, 2 Little Disk, and 1 Rugged. They have all worked flawlessly and have been consistently more dependable than any other brand I've tried. I've had problems with every other brand, WD, Seagate, Toshiba, etc. But never with LaCie. They're more expensive, but for me, def worth it. Since what the point of saving a few bucks for data backup and have issues with the security of that data backup.
But these "black plastic" LaCie 1TB Neil Poulton Drives are the first LaCie's I've owned that have been horrible. They are noisy, very unlike the other LaCie's. But that I can live with. The real issue is their IMPOSSIBLY SLOW write/transfer speed. I don't mean slow, I mean "UNUSABLY SLOW". It is just "COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE".
I've tried different cable I/Os. No difference. I've tried it on my iMac and MacBooks. No Difference. I've tried my other external hard drives to test transfering the same files. The other drives have no issues at all. So I'm assuming it has to be these drives. I've sent in an enquiry to LaCie, so if it gets resolved, I'll post an update. But so far, these drives are "TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE" to me.
Digital camera Review: Inexpensive, hefty amount of space
Summary: 5 Stars
If storage is reliable and functions as quickly as it is supposed to it is a great product--and while it is only a month or so old now it fulfills those promises. The design is slick, and the price is very reasonable too.
I am a Mac user and purchased this to back up my iPhoto libraries, my iTunes folder and as a capture scratch for Final Cut Pro projects.
Great drive.
Digital camera Review: It does the job
Summary: 5 Stars
I have six external hard drives and this is in the top four. It might be higher, but three others are LaCies and they're just as good. This (and the others) are easy to use with my Mac with nothing more to do than plug them in and turn them on. For me, what sets LaCie apart from the others is their stable and stackable shapes.
The only problem with them is they encourage me to find more stuff to keep in them. :-)
If I need another external hard drive I'll look to LaCie first.
Digital camera Review: Its a great product...fits my needs perfectly!
Summary: 5 Stars
So far the HDD is running great and has fit my needs perfectly. I don't like the fact that I had to format it for either windows or mac and not really universal. You can partition it for either OS however you can only designate up to only 20GB for the second partition. Other than that I love the external HDD its great.Digital camera Review: Jury is still out
Summary: 3 Stars
I just purchased this drive as a replacement for a WD MyBook which died on me recently. The primary use of this drive will be for Time Machine backups from my dual 1.8 GHz G5 via Firewire 400.
I was surprised by the weight of this drive (not in a bad way) -- I didn't expect it to weigh so much. The finish is beautiful, though I managed to scratch it almost immediately, my own stupidity.
It was easy to setup, it came with USB, eSATA, and Firewire 400 cables and the power brick is small and unobtrusive. The drive sits nicely on the top of my PowerMac and I can route the cables directly aft.
What I am NOT impressed with is the FireWire 400 speeds when doing Time Machine backups. Activity Monitor is showing transfer speeds of 5MB/s or less -- I expected it to be faster.
I will try it again from a different FireWire port and via USB 2 just to compare and will annotate this review.